Table 1.

Rank correlations of the VLP g⁻¹ dry weight with environmental parameters using Spearman rho and associated p-values.

Site	All		B1		B2-A		B2-B		B3
Land use			Forest		Forest		Pasture		Cropland
No. samples	n = 217		n = 54		n = 53		n = 55		n = 55
	Rho	p	Rho	p	Rho	p	Rho	p	Rho	p
Date	−0.14	0.042	−0.29	0.031					−0.27	0.048
pH	0.18	0.009	0.24	0.081	0.29	0.044			−0.25	0.063
Moisture	0.13	0.051					0.35	0.008
TN	0.33	<0.001					0.31	0.021	0.31	0.020
TOC	0.38	<0.001			0.30	0.027
C:N ratio	−0.14	0.038					−0.36	0.006
Temperature D					0.47	<0.001197	−0.28	0.038	−0.57	<0.001
Temperature 5 D	−0.13	0.059			0.36	0.009	−0.39	0.003	−0.57	<0.001
Temperature 10 D					0.41	0.002	−0.31	0.020	−0.57	<0.001
Temperature M					0.41	0.002	−0.33	0.013	−0.57	<0.001
Rainfall D	−0.19	0.005	−0.27	0.051			−0.48	<0.001	−0.56	<0.001
Rainfall 5 D									−0.28	0.036
Rainfall 10 D					0.35	0.010	−0.29	0.032	−0.46	<0.001
Rainfall M	−0.15	0.026	−0.31	0.022			−0.25	0.071	−0.40	0.002

Rho-values with p > 0.1 were omitted, rho values with 0.1 > p > 0.05 are printed in gray. TN, total nitrogen; TOC, total organic carbon; C:N ratio, carbon to nitrogen ratio; D, sampling day; 5 D, 5 days before sampling; 10 D, 10 days before sampling; M, 4 weeks before sampling. Values 5 D, 10 D, and M were calculated based on the mean (temperature) or sum (rainfall) of the measurements taken on each of the 5 days, 10 days, and 4 weeks before sampling.