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Table 9 Correlation coefficient between the soil properties (n = 108)

From: Exclosures backed up with community-based soil and water conservation practices increased soil organic carbon stock and microbial biomass carbon distribution, in the northern highlands of Ethiopia

 

MBC

SOC

MBC/SOC

BD

Coarse fragment

MBC

1

    

SOC

0.39**

1

   

MBC/SOC

0.87**

− 0.1ns

1

  

BD

− 0.11ns

− 0.19*

− 0.02

1

 

Coarse fragment

0.21ns

0.11ns

0.19

− 0.03ns

1

SOC stock

0.32**

0.56**

0.07ns

0.26**

0.76**

  1. ns correlation is not significant
  2. * Correlation is significant at P ≤ 0.05
  3. ** Correlation is significant at P ≤ 0.01 confidence interval