Soil pH: a key edaphic factor regulating distribution and functions of bacterial community along vertical soil profiles in red soil of pomelo orchard

Table 3 Pearson correlation between the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity score and soil characteristics using the mantel test

	Variable name	Corr-method	Corr_res	p_res	significance
Overall	pH	Pearson	0.366	0.001	***
	AP (Available Phosphorous)	Pearson	0.217	0.002	**
	AK (Available Potassium)	Pearson	-0.007	0.466
	AN (Available Nitrogen)	Pearson	0.127	0.037	*
RS1	pH	Pearson	0.403	0.008	**
	AP (Available Phosphorous)	Pearson	0.113	0.132
	AK (Available Potassium)	Pearson	-0.182	0.993
	AN (Available Nitrogen)	Pearson	-0.047	0.639
RS2	pH	Pearson	0.288	0.008	**
	AP (Available Phosphorous)	Pearson	0.322	0.005	**
	AK (Available Potassium)	Pearson	-0.226	0.963
	AN (Available Nitrogen)	Pearson	0.224	0.087
RS3	pH	Pearson	0.192	0.008	**
	AP (Available Phosphorous)	Pearson	0.247	0.005	**
	AK (Available Potassium)	Pearson	-0.163	0.963
	AN (Available Nitrogen)	Pearson	-0.119	0.087

The star represents the represented the significance (*, P ≤ 0.05; **, P ≤ 0.01; ***, P ≤ 0.001)

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