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Table 2 Pearson product–moment correlation coefficients between soil enzymes and SOC fractions in the four subtropical forests

From: Responses of labile soil organic carbon and enzyme activity in mineral soils to forest conversion in the subtropics

 

Invertase

Cellulase

Urease

Catalase

Acid phosphatase

Polyphenol oxidase

SOC

0.371

−0.417

0.080

−0.035

−0.219

0.019

MBC

0.279

−0.515*

0.626*

−0.613*

0.170

0.344

DOC

−0.188

−0.085

0.697*

−0.421

0.524*

−0.176

POC

0.263

−0.305

0.022

0.025

−0.094

−0.243

  1. SOC, MBC, DOC, and POC denote total soil organic C, microbial biomass C, dissolved organic C, and permanganate-oxidizable C respectively. * denotes significance at P < 0.05
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Annals of Forest Science

ISSN: 1297-966X