Ecological Processes

Table 1 PERMANOVA output by fungal functional guild

From: Large-diameter trees and deadwood correspond with belowground ectomycorrhizal fungal richness

	Total community	Ectomycorrhizal	Saprotrophic
Nutrients
Component 1	0.10	0.04	0.01
Component 2	0.81	0.01	0.01
LFH	0.99	0.25	0.01
Topography
Curvature	0.10	0.83	0.37
Elevation	0.26	0.14	0.05
Living trees
Abies bifolia	0.44	0.03	0.07
Abies concolor	0.58	0.01	0.06
Picea engelmannii	0.05	0.09	0.37
Picea pungens	0.25	0.52	0.25
Populus tremuloides	0.01	0.20	0.25
Pinus flexilis	0.36	0.65	0.09
Pinus longaeva	0.58	0.28	0.01
Pseudotsuga menziesii	0.24	0.06	0.01
Juniperus communis	0.37	0.96	0.68
Ribes cereum	0.01	0.07	0.04
Dead trees
Abies bifolia	0.78	0.21	0.01
Picea engelmannii	0.80	0.07	0.56
Picea pungens	0.54	0.28	0.08
Populus tremuloides	0.24	0.64	0.01
Pinus flexilis	0.57	0.52	0.23
Pinus longaeva	0.06	0.48	0.21
R²	0.19	0.35	0.25

Significance was calculated using a PERMANOVA with 999 permutations and denoted (p < 0.05) with bolded text

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