Research Article
Impact of Different Land-Use Systems on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Macrofauna Abundance in the Humid Tropics of Cameroon
Table 5
Pearson’s correlation matrix of some selected soil physicochemical properties and macrofauna abundance.
| | pH | OM | BD | Earthworm | Ant | Beetle/weevil | Spider | Snail | Fruit fly | Mosquito |
| pH | 1 | | | | | | | | | | OM | −0.3163 | 1 | | | | | | | | | BD | 0.325 | −0.9653 | 1 | | | | | | | | Earthworm | −0.9072 | 0.3603 | −0.4623 | 1 | | | | | | | Ant | −0.5932 | 0.7643 | −0.8828 | 0.7838 | 1 | | | | | | Beetle/weevil | 0.2904 | −0.132 | −0.097 | 0.128 | 0.2714 | 1 | | | | | Spider | −0.5396 | 0.5922 | −0.6895 | 0.7843 | 0.8187 | 0.4089 | 1 | | | | Snail | 0.5794 | 0.0254 | 0.1892 | −0.822 | −0.6187 | −0.5745 | −0.6229 | 1 | | | Fruit fly | 0.5658 | 0.0639 | 0.1519 | −0.8061 | −0.5884 | −0.5786 | −0.5977 | 0.9993 | 1 | | Mosquito | 0.9346 | −0.4438 | 0.5246 | −0.9552 | −0.8085 | 0.0471 | −0.6438 | 0.727 | 0.7087 | 1 |
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Correlation coefficient is significant at the 0.01 level. Correlation coefficient is significant at the 0.05 level. |