Table 2

Correlation coefficients between soil surface CO2 efflux, % soil moisture, soil temperature and above ground plant biomass.


Soil Surface CO2 Efflux
Soil Moisture
Soil Temperature

Soil Moisture
0.756 (P < 0.001)


Soil Temperature
0.059 (P = 0.785)
-0.028 (P = 0.897)

Plant Biomass
0.379 (P = 0.067)
0.447 (P = 0.029)
0.116 (P = 0.588)

Laporte et al. BMC Ecology 2002 2:10   doi:10.1186/1472-6785-2-10