Soil Water Characteristics of Gleysols in the Bamenda (Cameroon) Wetlands and Implications for Agricultural Management Strategies

Table 6

Pearson linear correlation coefficients amongst soil moisture characteristics (n = 20).

Soil properties	HW	WP	FC	AWR	AWC	RAW	CW	UW	WHC	D
HW	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
WP	−0.32	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
FC	0.36	0.45	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AWR	0.59	−0.78	0.20	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
AWC	−0.36	0.95	0.46∗	−0.73	1.00	—	—	—	—	—
RAW	−0.36	0.95	0.46	−0.73∗∗	0.99	1.00	—	—	—	—
CW	0.25	0.37	0.92	0.24	0.38	0.38	1.00	—	—	—
UW	0.14	−0.78	0.04	0.88	−0.68	−0.68	0.14	1.00	—	—
WHC	−0.36	−0.36	0.46	-0.73	1.00	1.00	0.38	−0.68	1.00	—
D	0.27	0.13	0.74	0.37	0.29	0.36	0.70	0.30	0.29	1.00
Dp	0.12	0.54	0.31	0.37	0.52	0.52	0.35	0.38	−0.52	−0.17
Db	0.02	−0.37	−0.09	0.34	−0.08	−0.08	−0.01	0.41	−0.08	0.47
Sand	0.04	−0.57	−0.48	0.28	−0.54	−0.54	−0.47	0.33	−0.54	0.48
Silt	0.29	−0.48	−0.05	0.49	−0.45	−0.45	−0.06	0.42	−0.44	−0.51
Clay	−0.34	0.81	0.27	−0.70∗	0.81	0.81	0.19	−0.66	0.81	0.22
RF	0.15	−0.01	0.39	0.29	−0.10	−0.10	0.33	0.26	−0.10	0.07
SOC	−0.35	0.85	0.39	-0.66	0.81	0.81∗∗	0.31	−0.61	0.81	0.25
Silt/clay ratio	0.44	0.04	−0.06	−0.08	0.07	0.07	−0.20	−0.35	0.07	−0.14
SOCS	−0.35	0.96	0.45	−0.82	0.94	0.94	0.37	−0.79	0.94	0.05

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level; correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.