Table 2.

Correlations of C:N, C:P, and N:P ratios among the leaf, thorn, stem, and root organs of Alhagi sparsifolia.

	C:NL	C:PL	N:PL	C:NT	C:PT	N:PT	C:NS	C:PS	N:PS	C:NR	C:PR	N:PR
C:NL	1
C:PL	0.91	1
N:PL	0.41	0.76	1
C:NT	0.26	0.31	0.26	1
C:PT	0.42	0.60	0.64	0.82	1
N:PT	0.38	0.62	0.75	0.05	0.62	1
C:NS	0.65	0.69	0.49	0.20	0.40	0.42	1
C:PS	0.53	0.72	0.74	0.12	0.53	0.75	0.62	1
N:PS	0.35	0.57	0.68	0.06	0.47	0.73	0.31	0.94	1
C:NR	0.44	0.46	0.31	−0.14	0.12	0.39	0.32	0.33	0.25	1
C:PR	0.04	0.11	0.17	−0.01	0.12	0.22	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.53	1
N:PR	−0.19	−0.12	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.06	−0.10	−0.08	−0.06	0.10	0.90	1

Numbers in bold indicate that the correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (Pearson correlation method, two-tailed).