Mapping carbon sequestration in forests at the regional scale - a climate biomonitoring approach by example of Germany

Schröder, Winfried; Pesch, Roland

doi:10.1186/2190-4715-23-31

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 1 Coefficients of correlation (Pearson) for relevant predictors for C storage

From: Mapping carbon sequestration in forests at the regional scale - a climate biomonitoring approach by example of Germany

A		Deciduous forest	Coniferous forest	Vertical curvature	Annual precipitation	Upper soil texture rank	Ecological wetness rank	Annual mean temperature	Slope position index
Deciduous forest	C_p	1
	n	498
Coniferous forest	C_p	-0.568	1
	n	498	498
Vertical curvature	C_p	-0.070	0.011	1
	n	497	497	497
Annual precipitation	C_p	-0.237	0.228	-0.028	1
	n	498	498	497	498
Upper soil texture rank	C_p	0.021	-0.018	0.045	-0.389	1
	n	497	497	496	497	497
Ecological wetness rank	C_p	-0.035	0.060	-0.054	0.326	-0.117	1
	n	497	497	496	497	497	497
Annual mean temperature	C_p	0.235	-0.318	0.037	-0.708	0.445	-0.371	1
	n	498	498	497	498	497	497	498
Slope position index	C_p	0.049	-0.046	0.232	0.062	-0.034	0.015	0.004	1
	n	496	496	496	496	495	495	496	497
B		Topographic Wetness Index	Thickness of upper soil texture	Elevation	Cation exchange capacity	Slope position index
Topographic Wetness Index	C_p	1
	n	497
Thickness of upper soil texture	C_p	0.492	1
	n	497	498
Elevation	C_p	-0.565	-0.497	1
	n	497	497	497
Cation exchange capacity	C_p	-0.128	-0.090	0.110	1
	n	496	497	496	497
Slope position index	C_p	-0.161	-0.209	0.146	0.077	1
	n	494	494	494	493	495
C		Annual sum global radiation	Available field capacity	Classified mean soil number	Saturated hydraulic conductivity	coniferous forest	Effective root depth	Slope position index
Annual sum global radiation	C_p	1
	n	8,779
Available field capacity	C_p	-0.028	1
	n	8,762	8,771
Classified mean soil number	C_p	-0.043	0.347	1
	n	8,762	8,771	8,771
Saturated hydraulic conductivity	C_p	0.122	-0.281	-0.270	1
	n	8,740	8,745	8,745	8,748
coniferous forest	C_p	-0.004	0.078	0.081	-0.038	1
	n	8,751	8,742	8,742	8,728	8,758
Effective root depth	C_p	0.008	0.737	0.150	-0.355	-0.002	1
	n	8,762	8,771	8,771	8,745	8,742	8,771
Slope position index	C_p	0.017	-0.011	0.005	-0.028	-0.015	-0.004	1
	n	8,779	8,771	8,771	8,748	8,758	8,771	8,788

In humus (A), in mineral soil (B) and in living forest trees/dead wood (C).

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