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Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 The Pearson correlations (r) between biomass C storage of tree, shrub, herb, forest floor, total plant and soil organic C storage.

From: Effects of prescribed burning on carbon accumulation in two paired vegetation sites in subtropical China

 

Tree

Shrub

Herb

Forest floor

Plant

SOC

EC

Tree

–

0.215

−0.493

0.657*

0.99**

0.291

0.906**

Shrub

–

–

0.029

−0.267

0.262

0.186

0.254

Herb

–

–

–

−0.600*

−0.374

0.140

−0.269

Forest floor

–

–

–

–

0.610*

0.302

0.639*

Plant

–

–

–

–

–

0.356

0.935**

SOC

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.662*

  1. Note: Tree, shrub, herb, forest floor, plant, SOC, and EC stand for the C storage of tree biomass, shrub biomass, herb biomass, forest floor, and total plant biomass; soil organic carbon storage, and ecosystem carbon storage; respectively. *indicates P < 0.05, **indicates P < 0.01
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