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Table 4 The relationships between community composition and standardized soil properties across all samples from the three altitudes, tested using distance-based redundancy analysis

From: Response of soil microbial community structure and function to different altitudes in arid valley in Panzhihua, China

 

F

Pr(> F)

pH

2.9–3.1

0.005–0.001

SOC

11.1

0.001

MO

7.7–8.6

0.001

TN

9.6

0.001

TP

2.2

0.012

TK

0.95

0.429

AN

8.3

0.001

AP

8.3

0.001

AK

1.4

0.154

Temperature

4.0

0.001

SMBC

1.6

0.092

SMBN

1.6–8.9

0.1–0.001

  1. SOC Soil organic carbon, MO Moisture, TN Total nitrogen, TP Total phosphorus, TK Total potassium, AN Available nitrogen, AP Available phosphorus, AK Available potassium, Temperature: Soil temperature, SMBC Soil microbial biomass carbon, SMBN soil microbial biomass nitrogen