Ecological Processes

Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficient between soil microbial biomass and soil characteristics

From: Effect of land use, season, and soil depth on soil microbial biomass carbon of Eastern Himalayas

	MBC	M	BD	pH	SOC	N	P	ST	RH	RF
MBC	1
M	0.495*	1
BD	− 0.483*	− 0.693**	1
pH	− 0.566*	− 0.508*	0.137^NS	1
SOC	0.875**	0.157^NS	− 0.530*	− 0.508*	1
N	0.851**	0.193^NS	0.422^NS	− 0.625**	0.962**	1
P	0.843**	0.244^NS	0.404^NS	− 0.712**	0.892**	0.924**	1
ST	0.754**	0.825**	− 0.483*	0.736**	0.479*	0.448	0.492*	1
RH	0.804**	0.774**	− 0.369^NS	0.756**	0.499*	0.472*	0.533*	0.950**	1
RF	0.698**	0.451^NS	− 0.058^NS	− 0.007^NS	0.430^NS	0.358^NS	0.474*	0.660**	0.840**	1

MBC microbial biomass carbon, M moisture, BD bulk density, pH soil pH, SOC soil organic carbon, N nitrogen, P phosphorus, ST soil temperature, RH relative humidity, RF rainfall
*Significant at 0.05, **significance at p < 0.01, ***significant at p < 0.001, ^NSnon-significant

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