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Floristic Composition, Structure, and Species Associations of Dry Miombo Woodland in Tanzania

Table 3

Pearson-correlation matrix for two topographic and eight edaphic variables^† associated with the classified plant communities in the Gangalamtumba VLFR (). Applied significance levels: *5%, **1%, and ***0.1%, ⁺not significant.


	Elev	Slope %	pH15	Ca15	K15	N15	Sand15	Clay15	CNrat30

Slope %	0.19⁺
pH15	−0.13⁺	−0.33*
Ca15	0.02⁺	−0.20⁺	0.83***
K15	−0.29⁺	0.00⁺	0.10⁺	0.12⁺
N15	0.06⁺	0.36*	0.10⁺	0.41**	0.33*
Sand15	−0.42**	0.03⁺	−0.53***	−0.74***	0.06⁺	−0.46**
Clay15	0.31⁺	−0.12⁺	0.51**	0.76***	−0.01⁺	0.47**	−0.86***
CNrat30	0.36*	0.10⁺	−0.39*	−0.51**	−0.15⁺	−0.19⁺	0.40*	−0.48**
BS	−0.24⁺	−0.17⁺	0.84***	0.91***	0.15⁺	0.37*	−0.58***	0.60***	−0.51**

Elev: elevation (m); pH15: soil pH at 0–15 cm; Ca15: Ca²⁺ (cmol(+)/kg) at 0–15 cm; K15: K⁺ (cmol(+)/kg) at 0–15 cm; N15: % N concentration at 0–15 cm; Sand15: sand (%) at 0–15 cm; Clay15: clay (%) at 0–15 cm; CNrat30: C : N ratio at 15–30 cm depth; BS: % base saturation at 0–15 cm. -value was calculated as , where is the Pearson-correlation coefficient and is the total sample size.