marginally significantP < 0.086
Regardless of treatment, alder log-transformed seedling biomass was negatively correlated with the relative abundance of pathogens, (F (89, 2) = 5.639, P < 0.020) and showed a marginally significant positive relationship to the relative abundance of the DSE functional group (F (89, 2) = 3.025, P < 0.086).