Soil microbial functional diversity responses to different vegetation types in the Heilongjiang Zhongyangzhan Black-billed Capercaillie Nature Reserve

Table 2 Soil microbial functional diversity of carbon utilisation

Forest types	Shannon-Wiener index (H)	Simpson index (D)	McIntosh index (U)
BD	3.1 ± 0.07a	0.95 ± 0.02b	7.1 ± 0.00b
LG	2.9 ± 0.11a	0.96 ± 0.01a	9.3 ± 0.00a
LGBD	2.3 ± 0.26b	0.95 ± 0.01b	8.3 ± 0.00ab

Note: Each treatment contained three replicates. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard error; lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05). LG Larix gmelinii, BD Betula dahurica, LGBD mixed Larix gmelinii and Betula dahurica

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