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Table 5 Pearson correlation coefficients between soil variables and species richness components and biomass components across three communities: *indicates significant correlation ( P < 0.05); **indicates greatly significant correlation ( P < 0.01); n = 77

From: Similarity and difference in vegetation structure of three desert shrub communities under the same temperate climate but with different microhabitats

Component

SOM

TN

TP

TK

AN

pH

EC

IBL

Richness

        

HSV

0.169

0.200

0.135

0.272*

0.261*

-0.343**

0.280*

0.169

ALV

-0.070

-0.010

0.123

0.135

0.096

-0.124

0.089

0.031

Total species in spring

0.087

0.119

0.179

0.249*

0.209

-0.269*

0.194

0.143

Total species in summer

0.007

0.071

0.207

0.189

0.218

-0.265*

0.184

0.090

Total species in autumn

-0.200

-0.172

0.083

0.112

0.039

-0.004

-0.112

-0.077

Biomass

        

Total live and dead (TB)

0.393**

0.341**

-0.160

0.328**

0.024

-0.221

0.284*

0.341**

Total live of total species

0.311**

0.255*

-0.165

0.265*

-0.040

-0.141

0.212

0.251*

Total live of HSV

0.400**

0.412**

0.086

0.283*

0.310**

-0.384**

0.408**

0.487**

Total live of ALV

0.330**

0.367**

-0.016

0.117

0.284*

-0.321**

0.431**

0.365**

AGB of total species

0.204

0.236*

0.007

-0.020

-0.060

-0.104

0.094

0.110

BGB of total species

0.325**

0.185

-0.311**

0.509**

-0.001

-0.133

0.276*

0.329**

Total dead

0.423**

0.403**

-0.044

0.325**

0.239*

-0.328**

0.325**

0.414**