TABLE 2.

Two-tailed Pearson correlations between viral abundance, diversity, and soil physical factors

Parameter	Correlationa with:
	Morphological group (1/D)	Capsid diam (1/D)	% Wb	% OMc	pH	Land used
VLP abundance	0.563	0.063	0.988**	0.687	−0.571	0.812*
% OM	0.480	−0.212	0.665	1.000	−0.758	0.911*
Bacterial abundance	0.790	−0.326	0.699	0.686	−0.393	0.885*

^a*, significant at 95% confidence interval; **, significant at 99% confidence interval.

^bGravimetric water content.

^cOrganic matter content on a dry weight basis.

^dLand use was denoted as either agricultural or forested.