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Table 3 Correlation coefficients between selective logging intensity and above-, belowground biodiversity and abiotic factors

From: Selective logging enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via increase of functional diversity in a Pinus yunnanensis forest in Southwest China

Variables

Taxonomic diversity

Functional diversity

Phylogenetic diversity

Soil fungal OTUs

Soil bacterial OTUs

Soil moisture

Soil pH

Selective logging

−0.165

0.217*

−0.189

−0.151*

− 0.237

0.405**

− 0.112

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01. Kendall’ tau-b correlation coefficients (τ) are shown for each pair of relationship