Table 2.

Inter-set correlations of environmental variables with CCA axes. Significant values in bold.

N	Name	AXIS-1	AXIS-2
1	pH	−0.18	−0.31⁎
2	EC (mS/cm)	0.31⁎	−0.11
Bulk soil (%)
3	Organic matter	−0.90∗∗∗	0.04
4	Sand	0.85∗∗∗	−0.24∗
5	Clay	−0.054∗	0.31∗
6	Silt	−0.78∗∗∗	0.17
Minerals (ppm)
7	Ca	−0.54∗∗	−0.19
8	Fe	−0.46∗∗	−0.41∗∗
9	K	−0.50∗∗	0.11
10	Mg	−0.34∗	−0.27∗
11	Na	−0.02	0.06
12	P	−0.39∗∗	−0.04
13	N	0.39∗	−0.12
Diversity indices
14	Species richness spp. stand−1	−0.34∗	0.37∗
15	Species cover m–100 m−1	0.43∗∗	−0.56∗∗∗
16	Conc. of dominance (C)	0.39∗∗	0.25∗
17	Relative evenness (Ĥ)	−0.21	0.26∗

^⁎p ⩽ 0.05.

^⁎⁎p ⩽ 0.01.

^⁎⁎⁎p ⩽ 0.001.