Table 5 Effect of within-canopy initial position of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves on microbial community composition during leaf decomposition, tested using permutational analyses of variance (PERMANOVA). Dissimilarities among leaves were estimated using the binary version of Jaccard distance. The incubation time (IT), within-canopy initial position (C), and their interaction were tested using sample Set#4 (Fig. 1C) with permutations constrained by tree identity (T)
Bacteria | Fungi | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
d.f | F -value | R 2 | P -value | d.f | F -value | R 2 | P -value | |
Incubation time (IT) | 3 | 2.9060 | 0.1093 | 0.001*** | 3 | 3.6528 | 0.1325 | 0.001*** |
Within-canopy position (C) | 1 | 4.7030 | 0.0590 | 0.001*** | 1 | 4.2306 | 0.0511 | 0.001*** |
IT x C | 3 | 1.4367 | 0.0541 | 0.001*** | 3 | 1.1752 | 0.0426 | 0.026* |