Metagenomics Shows That Termite Activities Influence the Diversity and Composition of Soil Invertebrates in Termite Mound Soils
Table 1
Soil properties assessment from both soil samples.
Site
T1a
T1b
T1c
T1d
T2a
T2b
T2c
T2d
S1a
S1b
S1c
S1d
S2a
S2b
S2c
S2d
Ca
1500
1278.00
2215.00
2525
1790.00
2237.00
2417.00
2507.00
2010
997.00
1046.00
1921.00
873.00
1211
1140.00
1210.00
N
0.13
0.07
0.07
0.1
0.14
0.09
0.10
0.07
1.00
0.10
0.26
1.00
0.29
0.22
0.22
0.27
P
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
OC
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.94
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.12
0.11
0.10
0.11
0.10
0.11
pH
4.89
4.79.00
5.52
5.21
4.21
4.52
5.11
4.06
5.64
5.40
5.97
6.14
5.84
5.57
5.09
5.03
Mg
253.00
503.00
672.00
872.00
632.00
535.00
647.00
675.00
343.00
560.00
324.00
172.00
414.00
427.00
128.00
352.00
K
507.00
304.00
276.00
487.00
403.00
459.00
489.00
359.00
186.00
285.00
217.00
179.00
208.00
209.00
160.00
161.00
Silt
8.00
9.00
6.00
13.00
12.00
29.00
30.00
8.00
6.00
31.00
6.00
4.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
11.00
Sand
71.00
70.00
66.00
53.00
65.00
25.00
30.00
71.00
80.00
46.00
80.00
82.00
75.00
79.00
73.00
79.00
Clay
21.00
21.00
28.00
34.00
23.00
49.00
40.00
21.00
14.00
23.00
14.00
14.00
16.00
11.00
16.00
10.00
T1a–d and T2a–d mean termite mounds from Braklaagte and Zeerust, respectively, while S1a–d and S2a–d mean adjacent soils from Braklaagte and Zeerust, respectively.
