Effects of Environmental and Disturbance Factors on Plant Community Distribution in Tropical Moist Afromontane Forests, South-West Ethiopia

Table 12

Pearson’s correlation coefficient matrix for environmental and disturbance factors (N = 14) in MFBR.

Hca

CaOp

HI

Elevation

Slope

Aspect

MC

pH

Sand

Silt

TN

Clay (ns)

OM

P

Hca

CaOp

HI

0.13^ns

0.05^ns

Elevation

0.10^ns

Slope

0.15^ns

−0.07^ns

Aspect

−0.08^ns

0.08^ns

−0.03^ns

−0.09^ns

−0.11^ns

MC

−0.05^ns

−0.09^ns

pH

−0.08^ns

0.09^ns

Sand

0.08^ns

−0.06^ns

Silt

−0.09^ns

0.06^ns

TN

−0.11^ns

0.02^ns

Clay

−0.06^ns

0.06^ns

OM

0.03^ns

0.01^ns

−0.07^ns

0.32^ns

−0.11^ns

−0.03^ns

−0.12^ns

−0.13^ns

0.12^ns

0.41^ns

0.16

P

0.03^ns

0.10^ns

−0.03^ns

0.09^ns

0.01^ns

0.03^ns

0.08^ns

−0.09^ns

0.11^ns

0.10^ns

0.01^ns

0.01

Note. The magnitude indicates the degree of correlation, positive signs indicate positive correlations, and negative signs indicate inverse relations. , , , and ns = no significance. N = number of variables, MFBR = Majang Forest Biosphere Reserve, Hca = herbaceous cover, CaOp = canopy openness, HI = harvesting index, MC = moisture content of the soil, TN = total nitrogen, OM = organic matter, and P = available phosphorus.