Table 4 Correlations between the 1st quartile, median, 3rd quartile of the estimated asymptotic parameter \(\alpha _{0}\), decay rate \(\lambda\) and climate variables, soil compositions.
| Â | \(\hat{\alpha }_{0}\) | \(\hat{\lambda }\) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st qt | median | 3rd qt | 1st qt | median | 3rd qt | |
MAT (deg) | -0.6603* | -0.6996* | -0.8016*** | 0.1556 | 0.1698 | 0.0713 |
MAP (mm) | 0.2642 | 0.3336 | 0.1889 | -0.6267* | -0.6423* | -0.5486 |
sand total | -0.0704 | -0.1770 | -0.0985 | -0.2377 | -0.3324 | -0.3423 |
silt total | 0.2542 | 0.3517 | 0.2746 | 0.1722 | 0.2522 | 0.2704 |
clay total | -0.2558 | -0.1452 | -0.2173 | 0.3249 | 0.4346 | 0.4290 |