Impacts of Biochar on Physical Properties and Erosion Potential of a Mudstone Slopeland Soil

Table 5

Pearson’s correlation coefficients among soil properties at the end of incubation time (after 168 d), = 12.

	Bd	PR	Porosity	MWD	MaP	MiP	AWC	SLC
Bd	1.00
PR	0.90^∗∗	1.00
Porosity	−0.73^∗∗	−0.69^∗	1.00
MWD	−0.87^∗∗	−0.65^∗	0.68^∗	1.00
MaP	−0.95^∗∗	−0.88^∗∗	0.79^∗∗	0.80^∗∗	1.00
MiP	−0.94^∗∗	−0.84^∗∗	0.66^∗∗	0.82^∗∗	0.97^∗∗	1.00
AWC	−0.95^∗∗	−0.84^∗∗	0.72^∗∗	0.83^∗∗	0.97^∗∗	0.95^∗∗	1.00
SLC	0.91^∗∗	0.93^∗∗	−0.72^∗∗	−0.80^∗∗	−0.85^∗∗	−0.82^∗∗	−0.88^∗∗	1.00

P < 0.05; ^∗∗P < 0.01.
Bd: bulk density; PR: penetration resistance; MWD: mean weight diameter of soil aggregates; MaP: macropores; MiP: micropores; AWC: available water content; SLC: soil loss contents.