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Annex 3.4.3: Full correlation matrix
Matrix for the explanatory variables used in the CCA analysis of the last relevé per plot, after
accounting for the effect of the countries. Values > 0.5 are in bold. N = 477
soil organic layer
soil mineral
layer
EMEP deposition
estimates
Tree layer
Climate zones
soil organic layer
pH N/C Ca K Mg P
pH 1.00
N/C -0.02 1.00
Ca 0.56 0.05 1.00
K 0.35 0.20 0.28 1.00
Mg 0.47 0.10 0.45 0.61 1.00
P 0.14 0.18 0.20 0.38 0.30 1.00
pH 0.61 -0.16 0.41 0.10 0.26 -0.07
N/C 0.30 0.15 0.30 0.40 0.36 0.19
CEC 0.35 0.18 0.31 0.40 0.49 0.20
Bsat 0.69 -0.06 0.48 0.17 0.34 -0.03
Age 0.06 0.01 0.04 0.10 0.09 0.18
Altitude 0.06 0.07 0.03 0.29 0.09 0.22
Lat -0.11 -0.23 -0.14 -0.22 -0.14 -0.05
Lon 0.28 -0.14 0.06 0.17 0.05 0.06
N-tot(95) -0.15 0.07 -0.06 -0.10 -0.10 -0.03
N-tot(00) -0.19 0.08 -0.06 -0.14 -0.10 -0.04
NH4(95) -0.16 0.03 -0.08 -0.08 -0.06 -0.04
HH4(00) -0.19 0.04 -0.08 -0.12 -0.07 -0.04
NO3(95) -0.05 0.12 0.01 -0.07 -0.13 -0.01
NO3(00) -0.10 0.13 0.01 -0.10 -0.11 -0.02
conf -0.05 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.10 0.07
deci 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.03 0.02 0.06
Fagus 0.28 0.02 0.19 0.13 0.18 0.16
Picea -0.18 0.04 -0.04 0.12 0.12 0.08
Pinus -0.26 -0.15 -0.27 -0.37 -0.47 -0.42
QurcMed 0.23 0.01 0.12 0.05 0.04 -0.11
QurcTem 0.12 0.06 0.10 0.13 0.16 0.23
AN -0.14 0.11 -0.14 -0.17 -0.14 -0.10
AS -0.08 0.00 0.02 -0.07 -0.02 -0.06
B 0.03 -0.05 0.03 0.06 0.01 0.02
BT 0.00 -0.02 -0.01 -0.03 0.03 -0.03
M 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.12 0.20 0.03
SA 0.15 -0.10 0.07 0.09 -0.04 0.11
pH_org N_C_org Ca_org K_org Mg_org P_org