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Table 3 Annual abundance, richness and diversity of the community of saprophyte sporocarps at the three sites

From: Saprophytic fungal communities change in diversity and species composition across a volcanic soil chronosequence at Sierra del Chichinautzin, Mexico

Sites

Abundance (number of specimens)

Richness (number of species)

Shannon diversity index

Young site

135 ± 18 a

20 ± 1.5 a

1.06 ± 0.06 a

Middle-aged site

163 ± 27 a

15 ± 1.7 a

0.71 ± 0.08 b

Old site

145 ± 27 a

17 ± 3.3 a

0.91 ± 0.09 ab

  1. Different letters in columns indicate significant differences (Mann–Whitney U Test, p < 0.05)
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Annals of Microbiology

ISSN: 1869-2044

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