Correlating elements content in mosses collected in 2015 across Germany with spatially associated characteristics of sampling sites and their surroundings

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 3 Correlation coefficients (Spearman) for the relationship between nitrogen content in moss samples and the selected descriptor set

Descriptors	N
N_15	0.11*
N_dry_ox15	− 0.19**
N_wet_ox15	0.27**
N_tot_ox15	0.13*
N_wet_red15	0.17**
N_tot_red15	0.11*
LE_all_NH4	0.21**
LE_all_N	0.28**
LE_all_NH4	0.30**
LE_dryall_N	0.24**
LE_dryall_NH4	0.26**
LE_occultall_N	− 0.22**
LE_occultall_NH4	− 0.21**
LE_occultall_NO3	− 0.24**
LE_wet_N	0.31**
LE_wet_NH4	0.32**
LE_wet_NO3	0.20**
pre1315_gk	− 0.13*
pre90 days	− 0.17**
SlopeGradient	− 0.19**
elev_eu_gk	− 0.34**
DistTreeCrownsAverage	− 0.40**
DistTreeCrownsMin	− 0.38**
DistTreeCrownsMax	− 0.39**
DistShrubsAverage	− 0.18**
DistShrubsMax	− 0.24**
TsLayerHeightAverage	0.30**
TsLayerHeightMin	0.20**
TsLayerHeightMax	0.17**
ShrubCoverage	− 0.12*
LAI	0.16**
agr1	0.22**
agr5	0.26**
agr10	0.26**
agr25	0.24**
agr50	0.24**
agr75	0.20**
agr100	0.18**
agr150	0.15**
for1	− 0.17**
for5	− 0.26**
for10	− 0.29**
for25	− 0.31**
for50	− 0.35**
for75	− 0.34**
for100	− 0.34**
for150	− 0.37**
for200	− 0.41**
For250	− 0.40**
for300	− 0.39**
SDistPloughedAgriculturalFields	− 0.13*
SDistUnsealedRoads	0.18**
SDistFederalRoads	0.16*
SDistRailroadTracks	− 0.17*
SDistConstructionSites	− 0.94*
CDistSea	− 0.28**
pegwind_1	0.34**
pegwind_2	0.34**
pegwind_5	0.35**