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Table 3 Microbial alpha diversity indices in response to different periods of continuous cultivation

From: Changes in soil fertility and microbial communities following cultivation of native grassland in Horqin Sandy Land, China: a 60-year chronosequence

Treatments

Chao1

Shannon

Simpson

Pielou

Bacteria

 CUL0

3699 (473.6)

10.59 (0.29)

0.9987 (0.0002)

0.9096 (0.0006)

 CUL5

3364 (555.9)

10.48 (0.18)

0.9987 (0.0001)

0.9061 (0.0003)

 CUL15

2887 (327.0)

10.22 (0.28)

0.9980 (0.0007)

0.8989 (0.0013)

 CUL25

3534 (303.4)

10.47 (0.15)

0.9984 (0.0009)

0.9008 (0.0009)

 CUL35

3283 (394.7)

10.33 (0.35)

0.9975 (0.0024)

0.8922 (0.0025)

 CUL60

3473 (413.9)

10.53 (0.12)

0.9978 (0.0001)

0.9058 (0.0031)

Fungi

 CUL0

500.3 (63.11)

5.82 (0.65)

0.9288 (0.0424)

0.6496 (0.0064)

 CUL5

468.8 (130.5)

4.90 (1.25)

0.8461 (0.1201)

0.5512 (0.0118)

 CUL15

499.4 (58.95)

5.97 (0.55)

0.9508 (0.0241)

0.6664 (0.0054)

 CUL25

392.7 (90.62)

4.92 (0.98)

0.8674 (0.0875)

0.5705 (0.0926)

 CUL35

396.3 (54.80)

4.60 (0.35)

0.8684 (0.0384)

0.5331 (0.0333)

 CUL60

399.5 (57.28)

5.47 (0.55)

0.9190 (0.0356)

0.6331 (0.0052)