Table 5

Two-tailed Pearson correlations between habitat variables recorded during earthworm sampling.

Air temp

Rainfall (mm

Relative

Canopy

Ground

Soil temp

(deg C)

on previous

Humidity

cover (%)

cover (%)

(deg C)


Rainfall (mm on

r

0.213

previous day)

P

0.004

N

180

Relative Humidity (%)

r

0.235

0.402

P

0.001

< 0.001

N

180

180

Canopy cover (%)

r

-0.095

0.233

0.300

P

0.203

0.002

< 0.001

N

180

180

180

Ground cover (%)

r

-0.384

-0.343

-0.329

-0.629

P

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

N

180

180

180

225

Soil temp (degrees C)

r

0.570

-0.032

0.080

-0.488

0.200

P

< 0.001

0.685

0.313

< 0.001

0.004

N

162

162

162

207

207

Soil moisture

r

-0.150

0.092

0.240

0.051

-0.036

-0.032

P

0.155

0.387

0.022

0.554

0.680

0.720

N

91

91

91

136

136

127


Johnson et al. BMC Ecology 2001 1:2   doi:10.1186/1472-6785-1-2

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