Table 2 AMF community properties and ecological indexes for the AMF communities of exotic (EXO) and native (NAT) soils from the Brazilian tropical seasonal dry forest (mean ± SD, N = 40)

 Algodão de Jandaíra

11.0 ± 0.40 c^d

5.91 ± 0.19 d

40.24 ± 3.10 ab

5.87 ± 0.81 b

1.73 ± 0.20 d

0.93 ± 0.02 a

 Esperança

6.0 ± 0.60 f

6.12 ± 0.23 d

43.74 ± 1.11 a

6.35 ± 0.67 b

1.78 ± 0.12 d

0.95 ± 0.02 a

 Juazeirinho

7.0 ± 0.30 e

5.14 ± 0.18 e

35.33 ± 2.32 b

5.90 ± 0.98 b

1.81 ± 0.11 d

0.90 ± 0.02 b

 Monteiro

10.0 ± 0.50 c

5.12 ± 0.46 e

38.02 ± 1.56 b

7.67 ± 0.75 a

1.69 ± 0.12 d

0.97 ± 0.03 a

 Natuba

9.0 ± 0.60 d

11.70 ± 1.42 b

40.20 ± 3.14 ab

6.35 ± 0.81 ab

1.80 ± 0.10 d

0.91 ± 0.01 b

 Algodão de Jandaíra

18.0 ± 0.80 a

7.80 ± 0.12 c

6.03 ± 0.12 f

0.55 ± 0.03 d

2.20 ± 0.02 c

0.86 ± 0.01c

 Esperança

16.5 ± 0.30 b

18.80 ± 0.21 a

16.57 ± 1.12 d

0.81 ± 0.11 d

2.17 ± 0.01 c

0.85 ± 0.01 c

 Juazeirinho

17.5 ± 0.20 a

12.27 ± 0.28 b

19.10 ± 0.98 c

0.67 ± 0.09 d

2.64 ± 0.02 b

0.68 ± 0.01 f

 Monteiro

15.8 ± 0.80 b

11.38 ± 0.18 b

7.94 ± 0.67 e

0.69 ± 0.08 d

2.98 ± 0.04 a

0.76 ± 0.01 e

 Natuba

17.2 ± 0.60 a

12.02 ± 0.19 b

14.83 ± 2.12 d

0.98 ± 0.11 c

2.58 ± 0.06 b

0.79 ± 0.02 d

EXO versus NAT^a

12.34**

11.63**

16.32**

23.73**

12.65**

11.98**