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	NMDS1	NMDS2	r²	P
Plant community
Richness	0.238	−0.971	0.124	0.547
TABH	−0.993	0.117	0.138	0.511
PC1	0.765	−0.644	0.691	0.003
PC2	0.463	0.886	0.474	0.056
PC3	0.278	−0.960	0.262	0.250
Edaphic parameters
SOC	0.280	−0.960	0.142	0.494
TN	0.146	−0.989	0.117	0.567
TP	−0.791	0.611	0.185	0.397
NH₄⁺-N	−0.131	−0.991	0.082	0.672
NO₃⁻-N	0.524	0.851	0.130	0.536
AP	−0.123	−0.992	0.136	0.519
pH	−0.609	−0.793	0.119	0.561

	NMDS1	NMDS2	r²	P
Plant community
Richness	0.238	−0.971	0.124	0.547
TABH	−0.993	0.117	0.138	0.511
PC1	0.765	−0.644	0.691	0.003
PC2	0.463	0.886	0.474	0.056
PC3	0.278	−0.960	0.262	0.250
Edaphic parameters
SOC	0.280	−0.960	0.142	0.494
TN	0.146	−0.989	0.117	0.567
TP	−0.791	0.611	0.185	0.397
NH₄⁺-N	−0.131	−0.991	0.082	0.672
NO₃⁻-N	0.524	0.851	0.130	0.536
AP	−0.123	−0.992	0.136	0.519
pH	−0.609	−0.793	0.119	0.561

Table 3:

correlations of microbial community composition with plant community and edaphic factors

	NMDS1	NMDS2	r²	P
Plant community
Richness	0.238	−0.971	0.124	0.547
TABH	−0.993	0.117	0.138	0.511
PC1	0.765	−0.644	0.691	0.003
PC2	0.463	0.886	0.474	0.056
PC3	0.278	−0.960	0.262	0.250
Edaphic parameters
SOC	0.280	−0.960	0.142	0.494
TN	0.146	−0.989	0.117	0.567
TP	−0.791	0.611	0.185	0.397
NH₄⁺-N	−0.131	−0.991	0.082	0.672
NO₃⁻-N	0.524	0.851	0.130	0.536
AP	−0.123	−0.992	0.136	0.519
pH	−0.609	−0.793	0.119	0.561

	NMDS1	NMDS2	r²	P
Plant community
Richness	0.238	−0.971	0.124	0.547
TABH	−0.993	0.117	0.138	0.511
PC1	0.765	−0.644	0.691	0.003
PC2	0.463	0.886	0.474	0.056
PC3	0.278	−0.960	0.262	0.250
Edaphic parameters
SOC	0.280	−0.960	0.142	0.494
TN	0.146	−0.989	0.117	0.567
TP	−0.791	0.611	0.185	0.397
NH₄⁺-N	−0.131	−0.991	0.082	0.672
NO₃⁻-N	0.524	0.851	0.130	0.536
AP	−0.123	−0.992	0.136	0.519
pH	−0.609	−0.793	0.119	0.561

For the abbreviations of edaphic parameters, see also Table 1. Significant P-values are shown in bold.

Abbreviations: PC1, PC2 and PC3 = the first three principal components of plant community, TABH = total area at breast height.