marginally significantP = 0.084
Even though host and environmental features associated with different habitats are thought to influence relic DNA dynamics ( 9 , 20 ), there was only a marginally significant effect of ecosystem type on the proportion of relic DNA (one-way analysis of variance [ANOVA], F 3, 30 = 2.43, P = 0.084), which likely reflected the contrast between soil and water samples (Tukey’s honestly significant difference [HSD], adjusted P = 0.058).