Table 3.
Item | Ele | PH | EC | Silt + Clay | Clay | Sand | Silt | SOM | AP | TN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ele | Pearson | 11 | 0.218 * | 0.207 | 0.355 ** | 0.376 ** | −0.352 ** | 0.129 | 0.179 | 0.132 | 0.240 * |
Significance | 0.044 | 0.055 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.236 | 0.099 | 0.226 | 0.026 | ||
pH | Pearson | 1 | 0.537 ** | 0.180 | 0.201 | −0.178 | 0.039 | 0.157 | 0.042 | 0.174 | |
Significance | 0.000 | 0.098 | 0.064 | 0.100 | 0.723 | 0.148 | 0.704 | 0.110 | |||
EC | Pearson | 1 | 0.313 ** | 0.294 ** | −0.310 ** | 0.207 | 0.221 * | 0.034 | 0.282 ** | ||
Significance | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.004 | 0.056 | 0.041 | 0.754 | 0.009 | ||||
Silt + Clay | Pearson | 1 | 0.951 ** | −0.999 ** | 0.635 ** | 0.530 ** | 0.011 | 0.567 ** | |||
Significance | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.920 | 0.000 | |||||
Clay | Pearson | 1 | −0.951 ** | 0.366 ** | 0.557 ** | 0.029 | 0.578 ** | ||||
Significance | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.789 | 0.000 | ||||||
Sand | Pearson | 1 | −0.633 ** | −0.534 ** | −0.012 | −0.570 ** | |||||
Significance | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.914 | 0.000 | |||||||
Silt | Pearson | 1 | 0.205 | −0.040 | 0.264 * | ||||||
Significance | 0.058 | 0.713 | 0.014 | ||||||||
SOM | Pearson | 1 | 0.019 | 0.900 ** | |||||||
Significance | 0.860 | 0.000 | |||||||||
AP | Pearson | 1 | −0.044 | ||||||||
Significance | 0.690 | ||||||||||
TN | Pearson | 1 | |||||||||
Significance |
** Significant correlation at layer 0.01 (double-tailed); * The correlation was significant at 0.05 layers (double-tailed); ‘SOM’ represents soil organic carbon concentration; ‘Clay’ represents the content of soil clay particles; ‘Silt’ represents the content of soil particles; ‘Ele’ represents the altitude; ‘pH’ represents pH of soil.