Figure 5

Correlations between heterotrophic soil respiration (Rh) and decomposability of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) or microbial biomass carbon (MBC) across the four forests in the cool or warm season, respectively.
Plots represent means in the cool or warm season in each year and error bars represent standard errors (n = 6). Solid lines indicate significant relationships at P < 0.05 while dashed lines indicate insignificant relationships. Statistical Pearson coefficients r, P value and number of samples are shown in each panel.