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. 2014 Apr 8;9(4):e93571. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093571

Table 3. Regression models between soil CH4 and N2O fluxes and soil properties.

Flux Soil variablesa Regression equation R2 P value
CH4 Ts y = 0.028 TS 2−0.90 TS+2.02 0.094 0.044
MS y = 0.15 MS−8.84 0.123 0.006
NO3 y = −1.28 NO3 −1.77 0.21 0.004
Combined y = 0.17 MS−10.66 0.21 0.003
N2O T5 y = 4.67 TS−40.11 0.25 <0.0001
MS y = 1.99 MS−29.76 0.10 0.001
NO3 y = 12.29 NO3 +10.58 0.22 0.005
NH4 + y = 81.52 ln (NH4 +)−85.34 0.37 <0.0001
TDN y = 9.26 TDN−93.50 0.17 0.008
Combined y = 0.01 NH4 ++0.013 NO3 −0.041 0.50 <0.0001
a

: TS is soil temperature at 5 cm depth, MS is soil moisture at 10 cm depth, NH4 +, NO3 , and TDN are the concentrations of soil NH4 +, NO3 , and TDN at 20 cm depth.