Table 4.
Correlations (r-values) between C stocks of different components and predictor variables in the selected forest sites of KWLS, Western Ghats, India (df degrees of freedom).
| Predictor variable | r-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvenile carbon (df = 70) | Adult carbon (df = 70) | Tree carbon (df = 70) | Woody climber carbon (df = 51) | Bamboo and palm carbon (df = 8) | Total woody carbon (df = 70) | |
| No. of juveniles | 0.999**** | 0.431**** | 0.439**** | – 0.078 | – 0.155 | 0.436**** |
| Juvenile basal area | 0.939**** | 0.399*** | 0.406**** | – 0.043 | – 0.421 | 0.405*** |
| No. of adults | 0.339** | 0.625**** | 0.626**** | 0.220 | – 0.059 | 0.631**** |
| Adult basal area | 0.321** | 0.948**** | 0.948**** | 0.098 | – 0.382 | 0.948**** |
| No. of trees | 0.918**** | 0.599**** | 0.605**** | 0.034 | – 0.152 | 0.605**** |
| Tree basal area | 0.370** | 0.954**** | 0.953**** | 0.094 | – 0.394 | 0.954**** |
| No. of woody climbers | 0.105 | – 0.188 | – 0.187 | 0.568**** | – 0.276 | – 0.167 |
| Woody climber basal area | – 0.055 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.961**** | – 0.243 | 0.040 |
| No. of bamboo and palms | – 0.132 | – 0.398 | – 0.399 | 0.311 | 0.709* | – 0.391 |
| Bamboo and palm basal area | – 0.152 | – 0.393 | – 0.394 | – 0.322 | 0.906** | – 0.412 |
| No. of juvenile species | 0.802**** | 0.572**** | 0.577**** | – 0.046 | 0.350 | 0.574**** |
| No. of adult species | 0.307** | 0.478**** | 0.479**** | – 0.042 | – 0.078 | 0.478**** |
| No. of tree species | 0.622**** | 0.619**** | 0.623**** | – 0.097 | 0.191 | 0.619**** |
| No. of woody climber species | – 0.008 | – 0.210 | – 0.210 | – 0.065 | – 0.024 | – 0.211 |
| No. of bamboo and palm species | – 0.436 | – 0.777* | – 0.779* | 0.207 | 0.367 | – 0.780* |
| Litter carbon | 0.459** | 0.637**** | 0.639**** | 0.055 | – 0.185 | 0.638**** |
r-values with asterisk represent a significant relationship between the variables (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001; Other r-values exhibit relationships which are non-significant).