Effects of Thinning Intensities on Soil Infiltration and Water Storage Capacity in a Chinese Pine-Oak Mixed Forest

Table 5

Correlation analysis among soil infiltration rates, water storage capacities, and soil properties.

Soil factor	Initial infiltration rate	Stable infiltration rate	Average infiltration rate	Maximal water storage capacity	Noncapillary water storage capacity
Bulk density	−0.920**	−0.893**	−0.868**	−0.962**	−0.913**
Total porosity	0.931**	0.896**	0.881**	1.000**	0.857**
Noncapillary porosity	0.891**	0.914**	0.821**	0.858**	1.000**
Natural water content	0.355	0.253	0.168	0.291	0.398
pH	−0.227	−0.271	−0.159	−0.201	−0.314
Organic matter	0.846**	0.853**	0.867**	0.842**	0.888**
Bacteria	0.880**	0.813**	0.825**	0.816**	0.685*
Actinomyces	0.925**	0.950**	0.858**	0.840**	0.972**
Fungus	0.918**	0.885**	0.874**	0.917**	0.851**
Catalase	0.884**	0.874**	0.862**	0.843**	0.802**
Dehydrogenase	0.876**	0.842**	0.792**	0.845**	0.891**
Urease	0.728**	0.756**	0.691*	0.854**	0.742**
Invertase	0.587*	0.672*	0.513	0.659*	0.728**

^∗𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01.