Table 2 Responses of soil microbial biomass and community PLFAs to throughfall reduction treatment (TRT)

Wet season

MBC (mg∙kg⁻¹)

174.60 (29.97) a

67.27 (31.04) a

37.57 (2.24) a

17.88 (4.41) b

MBN (mg∙kg⁻¹)

75.97 (9.88) a

55.80 (19.10) a

31.43 (8.86) a

38.96 (9.93) a

MBC/MBN ratio

2.29 (0.16) a

1.15 (0.16) b

1.59 (0.71) a

0.50 (0.13) a

Bacterial PLFAs (mol %)

54.73 (0.58) a

54.63 (1.36) a

58.23 (1.92) a

57.30 (0.35) a

Fungal PLFAs (mol %)

14.70 (0.48) a

18.30 (4.96) a

15.65 (2.96) a

16.42 (4.33) a

Bacteria/Fungi ratio

3.73 (0.16) a

3.41 (0.78) a

3.96 (0.68) a

3.95 (0.88) a

AMF PLFAs (mol %)

1.86 (0.07) a

1.16 (0.58) a

1.42 (0.73) a

1.71 (1.02) a

MBC (mg∙kg⁻¹)

56.61 (14.23) a

74.42 (7.56) a

83.22 (25.41) a

79.03 (26.99) a

MBN (mg∙kg⁻¹)

44.56 (6.05) a

54.02 (7.66) a

33.29 (2.00) a

41.62 (19.17) a

MBC/MBN ratio

1.40 (0.51) a

1.45 (0.28) a

2.53 (0.82) a

2.52 (0.97) a

Bacterial PLFAs (mol %)

54.56 (0.77) a

53.90 (1.12) a

54.15 (1.31) a

55.66 (1.97) a

Fungal PLFAs (mol %)

16.03 (0.37) a

14.60 (0.43) a

13.94 (0.46) a

13.09 (0.54) a

Bacteria/Fungi ratio

3.41 (0.12) a

3.70 (0.18) a

3.89 (0.14) a

4.28 (0.32) a

AMF PLFAs (mol %)

2.32 (0.09) a

2.14 (0.11) a

2.16 (0.11) a

1.84 (0.05) b