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. 2014 Aug 22;9(8):e105981. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105981

Table 5. Pearson correlation coefficients (r) for all soil indicators.

Correlation (r) matrix pH EC BD WSA GMD MWD PR N SOC N-Stock C-Stock AWC
EC 0.547
BD −0.394 −0.88
WSA 0.248 0.483 −0.338
GMD 0.279 0.8 −0.762 0.673
MWD 0.286 0.782 −0.725 0.734 0.975
PR −0.129 −0.655 0.684 −0.456 −0.71 −0.687
N 0.405 0.922 −0.908 0.47 0.877 0.835 −0.737
SOC 0.438 0.93 −0.914 0.473 0.881 0.842 −0.731 0.995
N-Stock 0.271 0.632 −0.551 0.32 0.642 0.595 −0.396 0.709 0.707
C-Stock 0.382 0.764 −0.702 0.367 0.742 0.695 −0.489 0.822 0.833 0.965
AWC 0.091 0.447 −0.449 0.275 0.439 0.441 −0.525 0.504 0.489 0.106 0.181
Water content (cm) 0.092 0.487 −0.485 0.282 0.501 0.496 −0.557 0.558 0.546 0.28 0.333 0.967
Significance level
EC <0.001
BD <0.001 <0.001
WSA 0.018 <0.001 0.002
GMD 0.009 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
MWD 0.007 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
PR 0.141 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
N <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
SOC <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
N-Stock 0.011 <0.001 <0.001 0.004 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
C-Stock <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
AWC 0.224 <0.001 <0.001 0.011 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.195 0.07
Water content (cm) 0.22 <0.001 <0.001 0.009 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.01 0.003 <0.001

Abbreviations are same as Table 1.