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Table 2 Soil microbial functional diversity of carbon utilisation

From: Soil microbial functional diversity responses to different vegetation types in the Heilongjiang Zhongyangzhan Black-billed Capercaillie Nature Reserve

Forest types

Shannon-Wiener index (H)

Simpson index (D)

McIntosh index (U)

BD

3.1 ± 0.07a

0.95 ± 0.02b

7.1 ± 0.00b

LG

2.9 ± 0.11a

0.96 ± 0.01a

9.3 ± 0.00a

LGBD

2.3 ± 0.26b

0.95 ± 0.01b

8.3 ± 0.00ab

  1. Note: Each treatment contained three replicates. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard error; lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05). LG Larix gmelinii, BD Betula dahurica, LGBD mixed Larix gmelinii and Betula dahurica