Leaf Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Dynamics Associated with Common Horticultural Cropland Agroforest Tree Species of Bangladesh

Table 3

Relationship among rainfall and temperature with mass loss of leaf litter of selected cropland agroforest horticultural tree species (dry and wet season).

Name of species	Rainfall versus mass loss relationship; (correlation coefficient and 𝑃 value)		Temperature versus mass loss relationship; (correlation coefficient and 𝑃 value)
	Dry season	Wet season	Dry season	Wet season
A. heterophyllus	𝑟=0.12, 𝑃=0.82	𝑟=0.47, 𝑃=0.35	𝑟=0.15, 𝑃=0.78	𝑟=0.86, 𝑃=0.03
M. indica	𝑟=0.31, 𝑃=0.55	𝑟=0.38, 𝑃=0.45	𝑟=0.31, 𝑃=0.55	𝑟=0.88, 𝑃=0.02
Z. jujuba	𝑟=0.13, 𝑃=0.80	𝑟=0.44, 𝑃=0.38	𝑟=0.22, 𝑃=0.68	𝑟=0.87, 𝑃=0.02
L. chinensis	𝑟=0.16, 𝑃=0.76	𝑟=0.40, 𝑃=0.43	𝑟=0.24, 𝑃=0.65	𝑟=0.87, 𝑃=0.02