Table 2 Results of the Pearson and structure correlation coefficients among ecosystem services.
Ecosystem service | NL | PL | CP | WS | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pearson correlation coefficient | Nitrogen loading (NL) | 1 | 0.526 | 0.491 | 0.595 | 0.126 |
Phosphorus loading (PL) | 1 | 0.058 | 0.510 | 0.007 | ||
Crop production (CP) | 1 | 0.509 | 0.171 | |||
Water supply (WS) | 1 | 0.145 | ||||
Soil retention (SR) | 1 | |||||
Structure correlation coefficient (12 km scale) | Nitrogen loading (NL) | 1 | 0.405 | 0.702 | 0.607 | 0.262 |
Phosphorus loading (PL) | 1 | −0.099 | 0.735 | 0.599 | ||
Crop production (CP) | 1 | 0.237 | −0.091 | |||
Water supply (WS) | 1 | 0.566 | ||||
Soil retention (SR) | 1 | |||||
Structure correlation coefficient (83 km scale) | Nitrogen loading (NL) | 1 | 0.875 | 0.786 | 0.586 | 0.763 |
Phosphorus loading (PL) | 1 | 0.679 | 0.454 | 0.652 | ||
Crop production (CP) | 1 | 0.707 | 0.840 | |||
Water supply (WS) | 1 | 0.772 | ||||
Soil retention (SR) | 1 |