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. 2018 Mar 15;9:338. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00338

Table 1.

Correlation of soil C, N, and P stoichiometry.

2015 Soil C Soil N Soil P Soil C:N Soil C:P Soil N:P
Soil C 1
Soil N 0.700∗∗ 1
Soil P 0.821∗∗ 0.727∗∗ 1
Soil C:N -0.261 -0.745∗∗ -0.425∗∗ 1
Soil C:P -0.030 -0.301 -0.542∗∗ 0.456∗∗ 1
Soil N:P 0.182 0.719∗∗ 0.121 -0.780∗∗ -0.037 1

2016 Soil C Soil N Soil P Soil C:N Soil C:P Soil N:P

Soil C 1
Soil N 0.766∗∗ 1
Soil P 0.612∗∗ 0.467∗∗ 1
Soil C:N -0.454∗∗ -0.784∗∗ -0.200 1
Soil C:P -0.095 -0.012 -0.571∗∗ -0.150 1
Soil N:P -0.017 0.146 -0.475∗∗ -0.286 0.978∗∗ 1

∗∗ and indicate the correlation is significant at 0.01 and 0.05 level, respectively (Pearson correlation method, two-tailed).