Table 6 Pearson’s correlations between soil microbial activity indices and physical-chemical properties of soils in four forest types in the Changbai Mountain region of Northeast China (n = 16)
From: The effects of forest type on soil microbial activity in Changbai Mountain, Northeast China
| Â | Microbial biomass C | Basal respiration | qCO2 | Microbial quotient | C m | C 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | −0.22 | −0.50 | −0.27 | −0.03 | −0.36 | −0.15 |
Bulk density | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.06 | −0.12 | −0.06 | −0.07 |
Moisture | 0.75** | 0.28 | −0.39 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 0.23 |
Organic C | 0.76** | 0.68* | −0.06 | −0.01 | 0.79** | 0.24 |
Total N | 0.85*** | 0.52 | −0.29 | 0.17 | 0.74** | 0.33 |
C/N | −0.21 | 0.66* | 0.81*** | −0.57 | 0.28 | −0.27 |