Table 4 Pearson correlation coefficients between soil C sequestration and factors: average annual temperature, average annual precipitation and initial soil C stocks following land-use conversion on the Loess Plateau

From: “Grain for Green” driven land use change and carbon sequestration on the Loess Plateau, China

 

Restoration age (yr)

Average annual temperature (°C)

Average annual precipitation (mm)

Initial soil C stocks (Mg ha−1)

Soil C sequestration (Mg ha−1)

0.391** (424)

−0.233** (424)

0.017 (424)

0.159* (256)

Initial soil C stocks (Mg ha−1)

-

−0.438** (256)

0.210** (256)

-

  1. Note: **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) (P<0.01) and *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed) (P<0.05); (value) indicates the number of observations.
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