Analysis of Soil-Vegetation Interrelationships in a South-Southern Secondary Forest of Nigeria

Table 2

Rotated components matrix of vegetation parameters^a.

	Principal components
Vegetation parameters	1	2
Tree size	.965	−.158
Above-ground biomass	.956	−.105
Tree height	.878	.138
Vegetation cover	.670	−.461
Tree density	−.137	.958
Species diversity	−.162	.934
Species composition	.040	.723
Eigenvalues	3.11	2.58
% Variance	44.47	36.86
Cumulative explanation	44.47	81.33

^aVariables underlined with eigenvectors (coefficients) ≥ ±0.70 are considered significant.