Table 1. Relationships between ln normalized edaphic variables and ln normalized MBC.

Measures	Soil Moisture	SOM	pH	NH4	SO4
Average Local Effect	0.198 (0.044)*	0.622 (0.120)*	−0.252 (0.134)	0.036 (0.044)	−0.112 (0.032)*
Local Contextual Effect (SD)	MNS	MNS	MNS	MNS	MNS
Regional Effect	0.180 (0.134)	0.460 (0.214)*	1.10 (0.304)*	0.650 (0.159)*	0.400 (0.201)
Intercept	2.06 (0.209)	2.04 (0.087)	2.06 (0.144)	2.06 (0.111)	2.07 (0.201)
SD of Rand. Intercept	0.490*	0.181*	0.326*	0.238*	0.472*
SD of Residual	0.40	0.389	0.442	0.453	0.42

Significance at P<0.05 (or P<0.10 for local contextual effects) is indicated by *, MNS indicates the model was not significant.