Table 1 Comparison of bacterial α-diversity indexes among different land-use management samples.

From: Land use in urban areas impacts the composition of soil bacterial communities involved in nitrogen cycling. A case study from Lefkosia (Nicosia) Cyprus

Land-use

Observed

PD

Chao1

ACE

Shannon

Fisher

Agriculture

1788.4 a

122 a

1796.1 a

1802.7 a

7.1 a

396.1 b

Forest

1351.6 b

107 a

1357.4 b

1363.0 b

6.3 b

314.6 ab

Industrial

1153.2 b

82 b

1158.5 b

1161.6 b

6.4 b

243.8 a

School

1457.0 b

91 b

1564.2 b

1367.9 ab

6.5 b

409.3 ab

Land-use effect

p = 0.038

p = 0.021

p = 0.012

p = 0.015

p = 0.047

p = 0.028

  1. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between the means at p < 0.05.
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