Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC) explains the best fit model using the fewest possible independent variables. Significant differences atp <0.001 (***), p <0.01 (**), p<0.05 (*) are in bold.

Table 2. Influence of plant functional groups on the microbial diversity soil function relationships at early flowering stage (a), during drought (b), and after recovery (c) as explained by multiple linear regression models.