highly significantP = 0.001
The combined effect of altitude, mountain range, and selected soil chemical properties explained 27.8% of the total microfaunal compositional variation and was highly significant ( F = 3.0, P = 0.001).
The combined effect of altitude, mountain range, and selected soil chemical properties explained 27.8% of the total microfaunal compositional variation and was highly significant ( F = 3.0, P = 0.001).
Altitudinal changes in species richness and abundance of soil microfauna Total richness and abundance of rotifers and nematodes showed a significant unimodal response in Tso Moriri with a mid-elevation peak, while in Zanskar only nematodes exhibited a marginally significant unimodal abundance response ( Fig 3 ).