The impact of land cover change on the carbon stock of moist afromontane forests in the Majang Forest Biosphere Reserve

Table 10 Pearson’s correlation coefficient matrix for environmental and disturbance factors (N = 8) in MFBR

Variables	AGC	SOC	HI	Ele	Slo	pH	TN
AGC
SOC	0.10^ns
HI	− 0.21*	− 0.13^ns
Ele	0.08^ns	0.39***	0.06^ns
Slo	− 0.04^ns	− 0.03*	− 0.09^ns	0.27***
pH	− 0.09**	− 0.22**	− 0.02^ns	− 0.69***	− 0.09**
TN	0.31***	0.27***	− 0.31**	0.10^ns	− 0.12^ns	− 0.21***
P	0.11^ns	0.14^ns	− 0.05^ns	0.06^ns	− 0.31*	− 0.16**	0.19***

The magnitude indicates the degree of correlation and positive signs indicate positive correlation and negative signs indicate inverse relation
ns no significance, N number of variables, MFBR Majang Forest Biosphere Reserves, AGC above ground carbon, SOC soil organic carbon, HI harvesting index, Ele elevation, Slo slope, TN total nitrogen, P available phosphorus
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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