Soil Water Characteristics of Gleysols in the Bamenda (Cameroon) Wetlands and Implications for Agricultural Management Strategies
Table 7
Principal component analysis generated based on factor loading (n = 20).
Soil properties
PC1
PC2
PC3
HW
−0.36
0.48
0.23
WP
0.98
−0.01
0.11
FC
0.42
0.84
0.28
AWR
−0.79
0.59
0.07
AWC
0.97
0.08
−0.13
RAW
0.97
0.08
−0.13
CW
0.36
0.81
0.29
UW
−0.76
0.44
−0.05
WHC
0.97
0.08
-0.13
D
0.20
0.86
−0.23
Dp
−0.61
−0.11
0.19
Db
−0.28
0.32
−0.72
Sand
−0.59
−0.38
0.74
Silt
0.11
−0.57
0.51
Clay
0.87
−-0.01
−0.24
RF
−0.10
0.46
0.33
SOC
0.89
−0.01
0.08
Total loadinga
11.75
6.5
1.94
% variance explained
45.12
18.93
9.68
Cumulative % variance explained
45.12
18.93
73.73
RF: coarse fragments; extraction method: principal component analysis. aSums of loadings; PC1, PC2, and PC3 are the first, second, and third principal components.
