Table 2 Results of the Pearson and structure correlation coefficients among ecosystem services.

From: Spatial multi-scale relationships of ecosystem services: A case study using a geostatistical methodology

 

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