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Table 1 Effects of soil amendment or soil horizon on ECM taxonomic diversity (Shannon index) and functional diversity. The TD was calculated as \( H\prime = - \sum \left( {\left( {Ni/N} \right) \times \log 2\left( {Ni/N} \right)} \right) \), where Ni was the abundance of the species i and N the total number of individuals

From: Secreted enzymatic activities of ectomycorrhizal fungi as a case study of functional diversity and functional redundancy

Site

Humont

Champenoux

Tree species

Spruce

Beech

Oak

Date

Autumn 2007

Spring 2008

Autumn 2008

Autumn 2007

Spring 2008

Autumn 2008

July 2004–September 2005

Taxonomic diversity (TD)

NS

(−) (p < 0.01)

(−) (p < 0.001)

NS

(−) (p < 0.03)

(−) (p < 0.01)

(−) (Courty et al. 2008)

Functional diversity (FD)

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

(−) (p < 0.05)

  1. The FD was calculated as the total branch length of a minimum spanning tree based on ECM species dissimilarity in their eight potential enzymatic activities, according to Petchey and Gaston (2002)
  2. For FD, n = 4 (Humont) or n = 15 (Champenoux); For TD, n = 20 (Humont)
  3. (−) significantly lower diversity in the limed plots (Humont) or in the A2 horizon (Champenoux)