Modulation of Litter Decomposition by the Soil Microbial Food Web Under Influence of Land Use Change.

Front Microbiol · 2018 · PMC6275175 · PMID 30534120

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marginally significantp = 0.093so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Overall, there was only a marginally significant higher biomass in long-term abandoned soils compared to recently abandoned soils (χ 2 = 2.814, p = 0.093).

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a clear trendno p-value reported

Even though microbial parameters are often not statistically different between secondary states, which might be caused by the low number of replicates, there is a clear trend toward higher soil microbial biomass and activity in long-term abandoned soils.

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