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 |
: 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.