Table 5.

Pearson correlation coefficients between soil variables and species richness components and biomass components across three communities: *indicates significant correlation ( P < 0.05); **indicates greatly significant correlation ( P < 0.01); n = 77

Component	SOM	TN	TP	TK	AN	pH	EC	IBL
Richness
HSV	0.169	0.200	0.135	0.272*	0.261*	-0.343**	0.280*	0.169
ALV	-0.070	-0.010	0.123	0.135	0.096	-0.124	0.089	0.031
Total species in spring	0.087	0.119	0.179	0.249*	0.209	-0.269*	0.194	0.143
Total species in summer	0.007	0.071	0.207	0.189	0.218	-0.265*	0.184	0.090
Total species in autumn	-0.200	-0.172	0.083	0.112	0.039	-0.004	-0.112	-0.077
Biomass
Total live and dead (TB)	0.393**	0.341**	-0.160	0.328**	0.024	-0.221	0.284*	0.341**
Total live of total species	0.311**	0.255*	-0.165	0.265*	-0.040	-0.141	0.212	0.251*
Total live of HSV	0.400**	0.412**	0.086	0.283*	0.310**	-0.384**	0.408**	0.487**
Total live of ALV	0.330**	0.367**	-0.016	0.117	0.284*	-0.321**	0.431**	0.365**
AGB of total species	0.204	0.236*	0.007	-0.020	-0.060	-0.104	0.094	0.110
BGB of total species	0.325**	0.185	-0.311**	0.509**	-0.001	-0.133	0.276*	0.329**
Total dead	0.423**	0.403**	-0.044	0.325**	0.239*	-0.328**	0.325**	0.414**