Table 2 Correlation of soil LOC content or enzyme activities with soil characteristics (n = 3). Significant correlations are indicated by *p < 0.05 or **p < 0.01 based on Pearson’s correlation analysis.

From: Labile organic carbon pools and enzyme activities of Pinus massoniana plantation soil as affected by understory vegetation removal and thinning

 

SOC

DOC

MBC

ROC

Cellulase

Amylase

Catalase

Invertase

pH

TN

TP

TK

AP

AK

NH4+–N

DOC

0.898**

              

MBC

0.704**

0.727**

             

ROC

0.466**

0.460**

0.381**

    

+

       

Cellulase

0.930**

0.866**

0.573**

0.434**

           

Amylase

0.311*

0.088

−0.073

0.022

0.380**

          

Catalase

0.725**

0.687**

0.619**

0.406**

0.710**

0.131

         

Invertase

0.570*

0.541**

0.518**

0.384**

0.491**

0.016

0.558**

        

pH

−0.359*

−0.308*

−0.019

−0.140

−0.464**

−0.421**

−0.366*

0.164

       

TN

0.850**

0.861**

0.611**

0.395**

0.884**

0.311*

0.665**

0. 524*

−0.597**

      

TP

0.679**

0.679**

0.423**

0.327*

0.721*

0.334*

0.423**

0.44*

−0.430**

0.862**

     

TK

−0.130

−0.156

−0.026

−0.088

−0.227

−0.105

−0.328*

−0.335*

0.572**

−0.179

0.171

    

AP

−0.201

−0.211

−0.035

−0.176

−0.254

−0.200

−0.157

0.199

0.520**

−0.329*

−0.208

0.268

   

AK

0.635**

0.465**

0.337*

0.249

0.635**

0.588*

0.274

0.165

−0.287

0.599**

0.609**

0.131

−0.202

  

NH4+–N

0.575**

0.604**

0.413**

0.032

0.628**

0.508*

0.531**

0.401*

−0.741**

0.785**

0.547**

−0.491**

−0.294*

0.313*

 

NO3–N

0.599**

0.495**

0.244

0.040

0.679**

0.597**

0.416**

−0.540*

−0.738**

0.793**

0.728**

−0.174

−0.293*

0.715**

0.771**