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Supporting online information Tables Table S1. Permanent plot locations along the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. Site age (yr) Latitude; longitude Elevation (m above sea level) Cooloola 1 26° 6´ 15.1´´ S; 153° 6´ 32.8´´ E 33 75 26° 6´ 13.7´´ S; 153° 6´ 36.2´´ E 50 750 26° 6´ 12.4´´ S; 153° 6´ 27.9´´ E 75 3000 26° 2´ 37.9´´ S; 153° 7´ 34.4´´ E 140 7750 26° 2´ 59.4´´ S; 153° 6´ 7.5´´ E 158 120,000 26° 2´ 6.4´´ S; 153° 5 ´ 18.7´´ E 140 265,000 26° 1´ 1.6´´ S; 153° 4 ´ 47.0´´ E 125 500,000 26° 1´ 27.3´´ S; 153° 4´ 23.1´´ E 87 700,000 26° 2´ 4.9´´ S; 153° 3 ´ 49.6´´ E 70 Franz Josef 5 43° 25´ 37´´ S; 170° 228 1 2 3 4

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Table S1. Permanent plot locations along the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences.

Site age (yr) Latitude; longitude Elevation (m above sea

level)

Cooloola

1 26° 6´ 15.1´´ S; 153° 6´ 32.8´´ E 33

75 26° 6´ 13.7´´ S; 153° 6´ 36.2´´ E 50

750 26° 6´ 12.4´´ S; 153° 6´ 27.9´´ E 75

3000 26° 2´ 37.9´´ S; 153° 7´ 34.4´´ E 140

7750 26° 2´ 59.4´´ S; 153° 6´ 7.5´´ E 158

120,000 26° 2´ 6.4´´ S; 153° 5´ 18.7´´ E 140

265,000 26° 1´ 1.6´´ S; 153° 4´ 47.0´´ E 125

500,000 26° 1´ 27.3´´ S; 153° 4´ 23.1´´ E 87

700,000 26° 2´ 4.9´´ S; 153° 3´ 49.6´´ E 70

Franz Josef

5 43° 25´ 37´´ S; 170° 10´ 2´´ E 228

70 43° 25´ 43´´ S; 170° 10´ 1´´ E 250

250 43° 25´ 2´´ S; 170° 10´ 50´´ E 200

500 43° 24´ 56´´ S; 170° 10´ 41´´ E 200

1000 43° 24´ xx´´ S; 170° 10´ yy´´ E 200

5000 43° 24´ 25´´ S; 170° 10´ 22´´ E 233

12,000 43° 19´ 54´´ S; 170° 13´ 14´´ E 285

70,000 43° 14´ 28´´ S; 170° 18´ 2´´ E 270

120,000 43° 15´ 19´´ S; 170° 11´ 31´´ E 155

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Table S2. Correlation coefficients (r-values) between plant and soil variables measured along 9 sites of the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. NMDS1 and NMDS2 represent the first and second scaling axes of Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) analyses. Bold values indicate that r is significantly different to 0 at P = 0.05.

 CooloolaSite age

Tree biomass

Plant species richness

Tree diversity MDS1 MDS2

Organic carbon Nitrogen

Total P (Kjeldahl)

P (Olson) pH

Tree biomass 0.319Plant species 0.539 0.494Tree diversity 0.034 0.333 0.655Plant NMDS1 0.879 -0.192 -0.583 -0.728Plant NMDS2 0.385 0.765 0.618 0.269 0.000Organic carbon 0.660 0.645 0.748 0.243 0.087 0.384Nitrogen 0.092 0.341 0.592 0.426 -0.515 -0.165 0.749Total P -0.790 0.008 -0.106 0.247 -0.849 -0.212 -0.097 0.508P (Olson) -0.513 0.242 0.184 0.060 -0.681 -0.144 0.168 0.501 0.717pH -0.978 -0.448 -0.570 -0.030 -0.784 -0.521 -0.683 -0.077 0.784 0.417Water content 0.596 -0.103 0.369 0.020 0.576 -0.325 0.453 0.310 -0.453 -0.250 -0.578 Franz JosefTree biomass 0.353Plant species -0.231 0.432Tree diversity -0.039 0.619 -0.094Plant NMDS1 0.924 0.387 -0.267 0.207Plant NMDS2 -0.072 0.451 0.441 0.236 0.000Organic carbon 0.455 0.761 0.249 0.367 0.406 0.138Nitrogen 0.056 0.501 -0.146 0.574 0.045 -0.137 0.759Total P -0.926 -0.264 0.123 0.196 -0.895 0.041 -0.394 0.076P (Olson) -0.162 0.721 0.180 0.793 -0.055 0.261 0.560 0.739 0.337pH -0.838 -0.410 0.055 0.124 -0.810 -0.252 -0.470 -0.012 0.931 0.188Water content 0.148 0.765 0.095 0.724 0.256 0.212 0.829 0.859 -0.057 0.874 -0.196

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Table S2 continued. Correlation coefficients (r-values) of microbial biomass and community variables with plant and soil variables measured along 9 sites of the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. NMDS1 and NMDS2 represent the first and second scaling axes of the Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) analyses. Gram+ = Gram positive bacteria, Gram- = Gram negative bacteria, AMF = Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, F:B = Fungal to Bacterial ratio. Bold values indicate that r is significantly different to 0 at P = 0.05.

 Cooloola Gram+ Gram- AMF F:B NMDS NMDS2Site age 0.248 0.187 0.409 0.635 0.750 0.331Tree biomass 0.534 0.453 0.537 -0.048 0.150 0.531Plant species richness

0.735 0.709 0.770 0.418 0.764 0.404Tree diversity 0.549 0.544 0.458 -0.185 0.244 0.635Plant NMDS1 -0.530 -0.554 -0.313 0.569 0.625 -0.133Plant NMDS2 0.098 -0.021 0.159 -0.538 -0.429 0.806Organic carbon 0.842 0.795 0.912 0.560 0.724 0.156Nitrogen 0.962 0.974 0.920 0.334 0.487 -0.116Total P (Kjeldahl) 0.366 0.409 0.191 -0.400 -0.372 -0.244P (Olson) 0.427 0.465 0.337 0.045 -0.022 -0.422pH -0.260 -0.196 -0.429 -0.588 -0.700 -0.356Water content 0.334 0.370 0.484 0.632 0.602 -0.219 Franz Josef Gram+ Gram- AMF F:B NMDS NMDS2Site age 0.248 -0.256 -0.244 0.662 0.922 0.269Tree biomass 0.715 0.347 0.229 0.051 0.241 -0.036Plant species richness

-0.003 -0.226 -0.309 0.313 -0.072 -0.888Tree diversity 0.594 0.656 0.615 -0.527 -0.259 0.461NMDS1 0.202 -0.260 -0.258 0.561 0.847 0.362NMDS2 0.161 -0.120 -0.257 -0.017 0.042 -0.429Organic carbon 0.866 0.416 0.340 0.162 0.394 0.051Nitrogen 0.910 0.872 0.824 -0.458 -0.120 0.458Total P (Kjeldahl) -0.073 0.471 0.478 -0.768 -0.985 -0.158P (Olson) 0.724 0.768 0.654 -0.550 -0.381 0.144pH -0.207 0.373 0.443 -0.616 -0.929 -0.123Water content 0.859 0.666 0.551 -0.306 0.005 0.273

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Table S2 continued: Correlation coefficients (r-values) of nematode feeding group abundance and community variables with plant and soil variables along 9 sites of the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. NMDS1 and NMDS2 represent the first and second scaling axes the Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) analyses. Gram+ = Gram positive bacteria, Gram- = Gram negative bacteria, AMF = Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, F:B = Fungal to Bacterial ratio. Fnem:Bnem = Fungal feeding nematodes : Bacterial feeding nematodes, M-NMDS1 and M-NMDS2 = Microbial NMDS1 and NMDS2.

 Cooloola Bacterial feeding

Fungal feeding Plant feeding Root

associated Omnivorous Carnivorous Fnem:Bnem Taxonomic richness NMDS1 NMDS2

Site age 0.705 0.908 0.832 0.885 0.718 0.760 0.944 0.815 0.471 0.474Tree biomass 0.272 0.345 0.366 0.060 0.615 0.106 0.246 0.349 -0.134 -0.107Plant richness 0.893 0.807 0.539 0.665 0.813 0.505 0.563 0.851 0.462 -0.312Tree diversity 0.448 0.296 0.401 0.120 0.278 -0.095 0.029 0.478 -0.159 -0.488Plant NMDS1 0.190 0.721 0.506 0.864 0.198 0.709 0.770 0.521 0.303 0.814Plant NMDS2 0.276 0.625 0.363 0.160 0.607 0.047 0.475 0.592 -0.309 0.315Organic carbon

0.739 0.715 0.618 0.549 0.726 0.562 0.573 0.744 0.287 -0.239Nitrogen 0.529 0.268 0.262 0.122 0.292 0.181 0.004 0.444 0.036 -0.787Total P -0.303 -0.613 -0.555 -0.706 -0.455 -0.635 -0.789 -0.432 -0.434 -0.844P (Olson) 0.026 -0.269 -0.583 -0.366 0.097 -0.206 -0.528 -0.181 0.150 -0.759pH -0.689 -0.904 -0.795 -0.850 -0.815 -0.795 -0.926 -0.794 -0.469 -0.465Water content 0.578 0.581 0.627 0.647 0.481 0.883 0.504 0.594 0.384 0.021Bacteria 0.630 0.435 0.435 0.220 0.504 0.235 0.153 0.596 0.016 -0.685Gram+ 0.644 0.434 0.422 0.239 0.490 0.268 0.150 0.598 0.062 -0.699Gram- 0.636 0.393 0.372 0.217 0.453 0.271 0.085 0.572 0.080 -0.756Fungi 0.702 0.466 0.300 0.327 0.553 0.384 0.153 0.608 0.325 -0.668AMF 0.731 0.571 0.520 0.397 0.613 0.461 0.309 0.697 0.175 -0.570F:B 0.731 0.659 0.328 0.733 0.560 0.678 0.497 0.662 0.821 0.001M-NMDS1 0.955 0.880 0.568 0.872 0.725 0.673 0.665 0.915 0.751 -0.093M-NMDS2 0.198 0.374 0.522 0.198 0.300 -0.085 0.396 0.365 -0.290 0.251

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 Franz Josef Bacterial feeding

Fungal feeding

Plant feeding

Root associated

Omnivorous

Carnivorous

Fnem:Bnem

Taxonomic richness NMDS1 NMDS2

Site age 0.009 0.248 -0.346 0.478 0.575 0.232 0.309 0.199 0.819 0.312Tree biomass 0.594 0.542 0.273 0.837 0.688 0.208 -0.068 -0.317 0.339 0.304Plant richness 0.072 0.681 0.066 0.106 -0.204 -0.377 0.547 -0.621 -0.054 -0.656Tree diversity 0.463 -0.220 0.544 0.515 0.565 0.110 -0.696 -0.264 -0.175 0.691Plant NMDS1 -0.037 0.100 -0.436 0.488 0.640 0.102 0.203 -0.022 0.837 0.392Plant NMDS2 0.099 0.240 -0.054 -0.010 -0.021 -0.361 0.110 -0.579 -0.050 -0.284Organic carbon 0.800 0.661 0.110 0.800 0.794 0.532 -0.072 0.203 0.465 0.383Nitrogen 0.931 0.232 0.430 0.670 0.723 0.730 -0.648 0.475 0.040 0.719Total P 0.040 -0.420 0.638 -0.470 -0.547 -0.257 -0.520 -0.053 -0.955 -0.103P (Olson) 0.733 0.097 0.540 0.416 0.410 0.205 -0.601 -0.010 -0.222 0.466pH -0.148 -0.534 0.644 -0.528 -0.604 -0.343 -0.443 -0.010 -0.934 -0.086Water content 0.870 0.345 0.243 0.700 0.758 0.471 -0.466 0.070 0.189 0.575Bacteria 0.900 0.162 0.548 0.621 0.670 0.666 -0.698 0.483 -0.049 0.728Gram+ 0.890 0.333 0.459 0.722 0.752 0.595 -0.510 0.355 0.119 0.646Gram- 0.757 -0.131 0.739 0.386 0.513 0.409 -0.877 0.430 -0.397 0.711Fungi 0.702 0.642 0.200 0.743 0.701 0.518 -0.001 0.336 0.431 0.338AMF 0.648 -0.238 0.790 0.322 0.353 0.475 -0.883 0.490 -0.446 0.735F:B -0.398 0.455 -0.550 0.073 0.018 -0.224 0.883 -0.163 0.667 -0.443M-NMDS1 -0.070 0.436 -0.608 0.405 0.480 0.196 0.564 0.066 0.911 0.028M-NMDS2 0.255 -0.444 0.058 0.338 0.558 0.573 -0.670 0.452 0.167 0.891

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Table S2 continued: Correlation coefficients (r-values) of mite abundance and community variables with plant and soil variables along 9 sites of the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. NMDS1 and NMDS2 represent the first and second scaling axes of Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS). Gram+ = Gram positive bacteria, Gram- = Gram negative bacteria, AMF = Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, F:B = Fungal to Bacterial ratio, M-NMDS1 and M-NMDS2 = Microbial NMDS1 and NMDS2. Bold values indicate that r is significantly different to 0 at P = 0.05.

 Cooloola Astigmata-Prostigmata Oribatida Mesostigmata

Taxonomic richness NMDS1 NMDS2

Site age -0.359 0.062 -0.298 -0.066 0.196 0.422Tree biomass 0.202 0.178 0.101 0.159 0.189 0.004Plant species richness 0.224 0.500 0.446 0.520 0.481 -0.146Tree diversity 0.452 0.464 0.548 0.631 0.456 -0.414Plant NMDS1 -0.720 -0.585 -0.818 -0.776 -0.429 0.464Plant NMDS2 -0.353 -0.498 -0.379 -0.367 -0.459 -0.063Organic carbon 0.162 0.519 0.367 0.422 0.562 0.130Nitrogen 0.557 0.778 0.858 0.769 0.748 -0.217Total P (Kjeldahl) 0.632 0.406 0.749 0.534 0.290 -0.399P (Olson) 0.657 0.450 0.664 0.444 0.271 -0.283pH 0.362 0.003 0.328 0.135 -0.109 -0.333Water content -0.176 0.136 0.030 -0.008 0.186 -0.193Bacteria 0.514 0.714 0.757 0.728 0.702 -0.234Gram+ 0.524 0.746 0.776 0.741 0.733 -0.209Gram- 0.558 0.763 0.821 0.759 0.739 -0.265Fungi 0.555 0.789 0.748 0.712 0.760 -0.056AMF 0.380 0.660 0.653 0.621 0.665 -0.171F:B 0.131 0.481 0.150 0.278 0.516 0.456M-NMDS1 0.162 0.580 0.294 0.472 0.627 0.317M-NMDS2 -0.178 -0.150 -0.189 0.008 -0.063 -0.037

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 Franz Josef Astigmata-Prostigmata Oribatida Mesostigmata Taxonomic richness NMDS1 NMDS2Site age 0.594 0.143 0.364 0.657 0.584 0.706Tree biomass 0.160 -0.241 0.090 -0.021 0.650 0.431Plant species richness 0.334 0.484 0.468 0.182 0.103 0.294Tree diversity -0.343 -0.793 -0.280 -0.539 0.485 -0.323Plant-NMDS1 0.497 0.026 0.334 0.545 0.656 0.590Plant-NMDS2 0.053 0.200 0.003 -0.017 -0.080 -0.018Organic carbon 0.458 -0.120 0.299 0.242 0.623 0.542Nitrogen -0.119 -0.628 -0.230 -0.324 0.365 0.042Total P (Kjeldahl) -0.692 -0.361 -0.487 -0.805 -0.548 -0.846P (Olson) -0.388 -0.569 -0.407 -0.620 0.134 -0.225pH -0.581 -0.346 -0.321 -0.690 -0.442 -0.837Water content -0.044 -0.467 -0.143 -0.264 0.426 0.134Bacteria -0.162 -0.666 -0.305 -0.365 0.321 -0.024Gram+ 0.074 -0.516 -0.084 -0.156 0.483 0.169Gram- -0.491 -0.833 -0.520 -0.687 0.114 -0.376Fungi 0.545 -0.066 0.366 0.344 0.619 0.580AMF -0.450 -0.859 -0.451 -0.643 0.149 -0.424F:B 0.867 0.754 0.806 0.932 0.348 0.739M-NMDS1 0.762 0.434 0.546 0.861 0.512 0.836M-NMDS2 -0.378 -0.740 -0.487 -0.295 0.241 -0.128

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Table S2 continued. Correlation coefficients (r-values) of springtail abundance and community variables with plant and soil variables along 9 sites of the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. NMDS1 and NMDS2 represent the first and second scaling axes of Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS). Gram+ = Gram positive bacteria, Gram- = Gram negative bacteria, AMF = Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, F:B = Fungal to Bacterial ratio, M-NMDS1 and M-NMDS2 = Microbial NMDS1 and NMDS2. Bold values indicate that r is significantly different to 0 at P = 0.05.

 Cooloola Eu-edaphic

Hemi-edaphic

Epi-edaphic

Taxonomic richness

NMDS1

NMDS2

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Epi-edaphic

Taxonomic richness

NMDS1

NMDS2

Site age -0.067 -0.370 0.132 0.349 0.706 0.540Tree biomass -0.235 -0.658 0.269 -0.096 0.085 0.437Plant species richness 0.351 0.245 0.460 0.415 -0.120 -0.515Tree diversity -0.378 -0.875 -0.134 -0.696 -0.313 0.661Plant-NMDS1 -0.089 -0.570 0.194 0.200 0.480 0.645Plant-NMDS2 0.367 0.002 0.794 0.355 -0.371 -0.197Organic carbon -0.543 -0.456 0.137 0.018 0.323 0.301Nitrogen -0.850 -0.545 -0.309 -0.563 0.044 0.410Total P (Kjeldahl) -0.038 0.195 -0.235 -0.510 -0.678 -0.385P (Olson) -0.653 -0.637 0.078 -0.580 -0.455 0.217pH -0.001 0.181 -0.423 -0.527 -0.525 -0.322Water content -0.735 -0.704 0.114 -0.410 -0.168 0.380Bacteria -0.734 -0.526 -0.258 -0.522 0.066 0.436Gram+ -0.635 -0.558 -0.085 -0.327 0.173 0.445Gram- -0.712 -0.491 -0.460 -0.787 -0.180 0.363Fungi -0.422 -0.320 0.038 0.122 0.533 0.286AMF -0.656 -0.458 -0.600 -0.803 -0.081 0.400F:B 0.434 0.236 0.351 0.815 0.615 -0.108M-NMDS1 0.123 -0.099 0.298 0.616 0.706 0.306M-NMDS2 -0.543 -0.603 -0.558 -0.661 0.134 0.784

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Table S3. ANOVA statistics (F and P values) testing for the response of soil microbial and

invertebrate variables to site age for the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. Analyses

are based on 6 replicates per site for the microbial and nematode communities (df = 8,45) and

12 replicates per site for the springtails and mites (df = 8,99). NMDS = Non-metric

Multidimensional Scaling

Group Cooloola Franz JosefF P F P

Microbial communityBacterial biomass (B) 6.5 0.01

12.9 0.011

Gram– bacteria 36 0.001

5.8 0.001Gram+ bacteria 103.9 0.00

14.7 0.001

Fungal biomass (F) 3.9 0.003

1.8 0.106AMF biomass 5.4 0.00

15.7 0.001

F:B ratio 5.3 0.001

6.7 0.001NMDS1 35.9 0.00

123.9 0.001

NMDS2 10.8 0.001

9.7 0.001

NematodesTotal nematodes 42.2 0.00

19.7 0.001

Bacterial-feeders (Bnem) 59.6 0.001

7.7 0.001Fungal-feeders (Fnem) 40.8 0.00

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Root-associates 40.8 0.001

13.4 0.001Plant-feeders 37.0 0.00

17.1 0.001

Omnivores 10.4 0.001

12.9 0.001Carnivores 6.2 0.00

12.8 0.013

Taxonomic richness 25.3 0.001

2.6 0.019Diversity 10.7 0.00

111.4 0.001

NMDS1 1.2 0.318

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15.3 0.001

Fnem:Bnem 2.7 0.016

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MitesTotal mites 5.7 0.00

111.4 0.001

Astigmata-Prostigmata 4.6 0.001

16.6 0.001Oribatida 6.5 0.00

18.8 0.001

Mesostigmata 4.7 0.001

3.0 0.005Taxonomic richness 7.3 0.00

18.9 0.001

Diversity 7.7 0.001

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14.1 0.001

NMDS2 0.9 0.557

11.4 0.001

SpringtailsTotal springtails 4.7 0.00

17.2 0.001

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Epi-edaphic springtails 4.5 0.001

8.2 0.001Taxonomic richness 2.9 0.00

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Diversity 2.3 0.026

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Figures

Figure S1. Composition of tree families for each of nine sites for the Cooloola and Franz

Josef chronosequences. Data is based on biomass estimates from a 20 m × 20 m quadrat at

each site of the chronosequence. Note that there was no tree biomass at the 1 yr Cooloola site

and no vegetation measurements were done at the 1000 yr Franz Josef site. ‘Other’ represents

various families that individually contributed less than 10% of the total biomass.

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Figure S2. Biomass of bacterial and fungal groups in relation to site age (years) across the

Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. Data points are means of n = 6. Error bars are SE

which are sometimes smaller than the data points. Significant differences between sites are

indicated by different letters based on Tukey’s HSD (P < 0.05) following ANOVA (Table

S2).

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Figure S3. Abundance of nematode feeding groups in relation to site age (years) across the

Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. Data points are means of n = 6. Error bars are SE

which are sometimes smaller than the data points. Significant differences between sites are

indicated by different letters based on Tukey’s HSD (P < 0.05) following ANOVA (Table

S2). Values of r2 are based on fitted polynomial regressions with each chronosequence site

representing an independent data point, and are presented only when significant at P = 0.05. *

< 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001.

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Figure S4. Abundance of mite groups in relation to site age (years) across the Cooloola and Franz Josef chronosequences. Data points are means of n = 12. Error bars are SE which are sometimes smaller than the data points. Significant differences between sites are indicated by different letters based on Tukey’s HSD (P < 0.05) following ANOVA (Table S2). A-Prostigmata: Astigmata and Prostigmata. Values of r2 are based on fitted polynomial regressions with each chronosequence site representing an independent data point, and are presented only when significant at P = 0.05. * < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001.

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Figure S5. Abundance of springtail groups in relation to site age (years) across the Cooloola

and Franz Josef chronosequences. Data points are means of n = 12. Error bars are SE which

are sometimes smaller than the data points. Significant differences between sites are indicated

by different letters based on Tukey’s HSD (P < 0.05) following ANOVA (Table S2). Values

of r2 are based on fitted polynomial regressions with each chronosequence site representing an

independent data point, and are presented only when significant at P = 0.05. * < 0.05, ** <

0.01, *** < 0.001.

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