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Table 2 Comparison of species richness and alpha diversity indices of bacterial and fungal communities between the monoculture and mixed-species plantations

From: Comparison of soil chemical and microbial properties in monoculture larch and mixed plantations in a temperate forest ecosystem in Northeast China

Forest type

Bacterial community

Fungal community

Observed species

Shannon diversity

Simpson diversity

Chao-1 richness

Observed species

Shannon diversity

Simpson diversity

Chao-1 richness

Litter

        

 PL

2942 (26)

9.40 (0.14)

0.991 (0.004)

3343 (27)

951 (20)

6.66 (0.21)

0.973 (0.004)

1186 (63)

 LF

2854 (46)

9.58 (0.09)

0.996 (0.001)

3245 (55)

901 (96)

6.55 (0.46)

0.968 (0.010)

1099 (106)

0–10 cm soil layer

 PL

2835 (108)

9.40 (0.11)

0.994 (0.001)

3278 (136)

939 (65)

6.67 (0.06)

0.970 (0.005)

1116 (114)

 LF

2915 (141)

9.61 (0.13)

0.996 (0.001)

3292 (149)

953 (82)

6.88 (0.26)

0.975 (0.005)

1082 (89)

10–20 cm soil layer

 PL

2801 (66)

9.39 (0.11)

0.994 (0.001)

3229 (80)

986 (47)

6.72 (0.05)

0.966 (0.003)

1211 (99)

 LF

2983 (78)

9.60 (0.06)

0.995 (0.001)

3392 (47)

1017 (69)

7.04 (0.19)

0.977 (0.003)*

1220 (120)

20–30 cm soil layer

 PL

3055 (99)

9.64 (0.20)

0.995 (0.001)

3508 (104)

1024 (25)

6.87 (0.28)

0.972 (0.010)

1356 (36)

 LF

2951 (92)

9.47 (0.12)

0.993 (0.001)

3363 (65)

1057 (86)

6.44 (0.94)

0.907 (0.076)

1263 (122)

  1. Mean values for n = 3 are presented. PL, monoculture L. gmelinii plantation; LF, mixed L. gmelinii–F. mandshurica plantation
  2. *Represents significant differences between the monoculture and mixed plantations at the P < 0.05 level
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