Table 10. Correlations between soil, plant-based variables, and age of land-use type

Variable*pH–H2OpH–KClC%N%C/N%NaAl3H+C/Cref
PFT richness-0.448-0.4590.5860.5920.4970.5680.4650.5030.542
0.0280.0240.0030.0020.0130.0040.0220.0120.006
Species richness-0.424-0.4270.5290.5850.4350.5030.4580.4410.478
0.0390.0370.0080.0030.0330.0120.0240.0310.018
Mean Height-0.358-0.3310.5590.5300.4770.4570.3790.4800.521
 0.0860.1140.0050.0080.0190.0250.0680.0180.009
Basal Area-0.331-0.2600.4820.5720.3830.3750.4000.4020.427
 0.1140.2190.0170.0030.0640.0710.0530.0520.037
V-Index-0.433-0.4320.5500.6220.4480.4950.4860.4570.496
0.0340.0350.0050.0010.0280.0140.0160.0250.014
Tree wt1-0.588-0.5860.7770.5660.7220.7000.5700.7550.767
0.0020.0030.0000.0040.0000.0000.0040.0000.000
Tree wt2-0.576-0.5680.7530.5570.6970.6680.5580.730.743
0.003 0.0040.0000.0050.0000.0000.0050.0000.000
LUT age-0.421-0.4100.6130.5660.5280.5690.3900.5460.584
0.0410.0460.0010.0040.0080.0040.0600.0060.003

* First line = linear “r” value; second line = P value; Tree wt1 and Tree wt2 = tree biomass based on the allometric equations of Ketterings et al. (2001) and Brown (1997), respectively; only variables with P <0.020 listed. Complete correlation matrix available on request. Soil data from top 0–5 cm.