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Table 2 Pearson correlation analysis of litter chemical quality and microbiological characteristics for litter (L), fermentative (F), and humus (H) layers in the subalpine forests

From: Litter chemical quality strongly affects forest floor microbial groups and ecoenzymatic stoichiometry in the subalpine forest

 

C

N

P

DOC

DN

DP

MBC

MBN

AP

BG

CBH

LAP

NAG

N

0.481**

            

P

0.237

0.098

           

DOC

0.766**

0.200

0.128

          

DN

0.748**

0.676**

0.152

0.493**

         

DP

0.821**

0.388**

0.049

0.762**

0.757**

        

MBC

0.634**

0.379**

0.187

0.631**

0.666**

0.809**

       

MBN

0.455**

0.614**

− 0.085

0.155

0.839**

0.540**

0.509**

      

AP

0.613**

0.505**

0.121

0.422**

0.776**

0.667**

0.733**

0.627**

     

BG

0.641**

0.266*

− 0.075

0.605**

0.571**

0.793**

0.743**

0.558**

0.597**

    

CBH

0.659**

0.462**

0.062

0.540**

0.765**

0.826**

0.806**

0.668**

0.841**

0.764**

   

LAP

0.621**

0.420**

− 0.072

0.461**

0.633**

0.777**

0.762**

0.562**

0.779**

0.811**

0.861**

  

NAG

0.664**

0.498**

0.160

0.514**

0.730**

0.769**

0.824**

0.578**

0.838**

0.673**

0.849**

0.844**

 

POD

− .0295*

− 0.010

0.025

− 0.374**

− 0.124

− 0.309*

− 0.160

− 0.007

− 0.130

− 0.326*

− 0.184

− 0.216

− 0.138

  1. MBC microbial biomass carbon, MBN microbial biomass nitrogen, BG β-glucosidase, AP acid phosphatase, CBH cellobiohydrolase, LAP leucine aminopeptidase, NAG β-N-acetylglucosaminidase, POD peroxidase. **Significant correlation at the 0.01 level (bilateral), *Significant correlation at the 0.05 level (bilateral)