Effects of soil water content and light intensity on the growth of Molinia japonica in montane wetlands in South Korea

Table 1 Pearson’s correlation coefficients on vegetation and environmental characteristics of M. japonica (n = 47)

	Density	Coverage	SWC	LOI	pH	EC	RLI	NO₃-N	PO₄-P	NH₄-N	Ca²⁺	K⁺	Na⁺	Mg²⁺
Height	.117	.165	− .196	− .296*	.107	.046	.174	− .067	.004	− .099	− .409**	− .164	− .412**	− .372*
Density		.622**	.568**	.550**	− .406**	− .021	.547**	.265	− .294*	− .043	− .107	.110	.000	− .142
Coverage			.495**	.385**	− .195	− .114	.514**	3194	− .303*	.050	.025	.050	.067	.030
SWC				.934**	− .523**	.071	.456**	.489**	− .180	.375**	.373**	.518**	.527**	.230
LOI					− .600**	.096	.428**	.489**	− .195	.261	.342*	.416**	.487**	.219
pH						− .283	− .135	− .369*	.413**	.073	.204	.091	.151	.318*
EC							− .203	.155	.323*	.202	− .108	.239	.042	− .208
RLI								.166	− .411**	− .131	.028	.003	− .061	.075
NO₃-N									− .145	.264	.062	.185	.170	− .049
PO₄-P										.366*	.233	.543**	.356*	.165
NH₄-N											.310*	.569**	.558**	.145
Ca²⁺												.467**	.811**	.938**
K⁺													.724**	.287
Na⁺														.696**
Mg²⁺

SWC Soil water content, LOI Loss on ignition, EC Electrical conductivity, RLI Relative light intensity
*p < .05, **p < .01

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