Table 1 Mean values of forest floor and soil habitat attributes by treatment. Superscripts indicate differences significant at a ≤ 0.05. Standard errors are in parentheses.

Total collections

144^a,b

165^a

154^a,b

103^b

566

Number of fungal species

69^a,b

81^a

81^a

55^b

133

Mineral soil bulk density (g cm⁻³)

0.779^a,b,c (0.145)

0.665^b (0.139)

0.856^c (0.192)

0.866^a,c,d (0.109)

0.802

Total C (%)

3.64^a (0.99)

2.97^a (0.97)

2.69^a (0.79)

2.57^a (0.72)

3.01

δ¹³C (‰)

−25.72^a (0.42)

−25.97^a (0.45)

−25.27^a (0.32)

−25.41^a (0.34)

−25.58

Total N (%)

0.130^a (0.049)

0.101^a (0.031)

0.104^a (0.028)

0.119^a (0.036)

0.149

δ¹⁵N (‰)

2.26^a (0.62)

2.61^a (0.64)

2.46^a (0.66)

2.07^a (0.61)

2.29

C:N ratio

26.35^a (3.04)

29.18^a (2.50)

26.29^a (3.02)

22.39^b (2.58)

25.5

Coarse woody debris (Mg ha⁻¹)

122.38^a (82.09)

105.43^a (56.68)

71.25^a (60.36)

36.06^b (45.99)

82.13

Fine woody debris (Mg ha⁻¹)

53.49^a (22.91)

42.28^b (19.06)

38.06^b (11.37)

30.87^c (13.08)

41.51

Litter mass (Mg ha⁻¹)

103.11^a (34.40)

73.72^a (27.87)

60.23^a (15.92)

31.98^b (12.70)

67.36

Mineral soil pH

5.78^a (0.28)

5.93^a,b (0.46)

5.87^a,b (0.32)

6.25^b (0.26)

6.0