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Table 1 Phyllosphere bacterial community composition PERMANOVA results table showing (top panel) all main treatment effects, and (bottom panel) pair-wise testing within canopy heights

From: What matters most? Assessment of within-canopy factors influencing the needle microbiome of the model conifer, Pinus radiata

Main effects

√CV

ρ

Height of sampling

40.52

0.001

Cardinal direction

5.06

0.102

Needle age

2.37

0.273

Surface sterilisation

-2.40

0.652

Residual

18.24

 

Height of sampling

t

ρ

Top v Middle

10.61

0.001

Top v Bottom

11.62

0.001

Middle v Bottom

2.60

0.001

  1. √CV = square root of the component of variation associated for each term
  2. ρ values are the permutation-derived probability statistic. Unique permutations for all tests > 998