Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance of Plants in Lewoh-Lebang in the Lebialem Highlands of Southwestern Cameroon
Table 5
Correlation between soil and diversity parameters.
Correlations
pH
Ca
Mg
K
Na
ECEC
CEC
Bray P
Org C
Total N
C/N
Sand
Clay
Silt
Simpson index
Shannon Weaver ()
Pielou’s Evenness ()
Margalef ()
pH
1
Ca (cmol(+)/kg)
−0.364
1
Mg (cmol(+)/kg)
−0.364
0.976***
1
K (cmol(+)/kg)
−0.478
0.556
0.684
1
Na (cmol(+)/kg)
0.163
−0.909*****
−0.877*
−0.272
1
ECEC (cmol(+)/kg)
−0.379
0.995***
0.992***
0.630
−0.888**
1
CEC (cmol(+)/kg)
−0.472
−0.242
−0.169
0.496
0.600
−0.187
1
Bray P (ug/g or ppm)
−0.644
0.302
0.292
0.627
0.112
0.327
0.790*
1
Org C (%)
0.154
−0.781*
−0.759*
−0.273
0.896**
−0.766*
0.627
0.172
1
Total N (%)
0.086
−0.754*
−0.742*
−0.250
0.896**
−0.741*
0.670
0.249
0.996***
1
C/N
0.204
−0.638
−0.597
−0.261
0.692
−0.622
0.482
0.027
0.926***
0.901***
1
Sand (%)
0.127
−0.785*
−0.775*
−0.164
0.964***
−0.767*
0.684
0.312
0.868*
0.885**
0.624
1
Clay (%)
−0.478
0.746*
0.832*
0.602
−0.769*
0.779*
−0.178
0.029
−0.675
−0.681
−0.446
−0.812*
1
Silt (%)
0.475
0.260
0.117
−0.595
−0.531
0.181
−0.910***
−0.575
−0.505
−0.524
−0.418
−0.531
−0.064
1
Simpson index
−0.839*
0.318
0.333
0.474
−0.061
0.340
0.628
0.715
0.170
0.223
0.237
−0.011
0.401
−0.563
1
Shannon Weaver ()
−0.913***
0.197
0.168
0.337
0.064
0.202
0.645
0.759*
0.185
0.257
0.133
0.129
0.210
−0.525
0.936***
1
Pielou's Evenness ()
−0.811*
0.748*
0.721
0.504
−0.572
0.747*
0.197
0.572
−0.360
−0.306
−0.239
−0.493
0.681
−0.145
0.842*
0.767*
1
Margalef ()
−0.529
−0.561
−0.583
−0.132
0.704
−0.558
0.661
0.412
0.601
0.651
0.377
0.681
−0.405
−0.576
0.439
0.658
0.040
1
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (1-tailed).
**Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (1-tailed). ***, ****Correlation is highly significant at 0.01 level
