Table 3 Stepwise regression analysis of soil influencing factors (only factors with significant correlations are listed, 0 < VIF < 10 denotes there is no collinearity, where VIF is Variance Inflation Factor).
Soil layer (cm) | Soil properties | Affecting factor | Coefficient estimate | SD | P | VIF | R 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–10 | TK | SOC | −0.589 | 0.143 | 0.001 | 1.668 | 0.805 |
 |  | CS | 0.402 | 0.139 | 0.011 | 1.590 |  |
 |  | W | 0.312 | 0.114 | 0.015 | 1.070 |  |
 | TP | Stand age | 1.512 | 0.243 | <0.001 | 3.850 | 0.769 |
 |  | SOC | −1.245 | 0.223 | <0.001 | 3.230 |  |
 |  | TN | −0.582 | 0.216 | 0.017 | 3.031 |  |
 |  | TK | −0.472 | 0.203 | 0.035 | 2.675 |  |
 | TN | Stand age | 1.250 | 0.271 | <0.001 | 5.636 | 0.805 |
 |  | SOC | −0.620 | 0.265 | 0.033 | 5.393 |  |
 |  | TP | −0.517 | 0.188 | 0.015 | 2.717 |  |
 |  | CS | −0.408 | 0.149 | 0.015 | 1.715 |  |
 | W | SOC | 1.133 | 0.328 | 0.004 | 3.230 | 0.500 |
 |  | TK | 0.893 | 0.299 | 0.009 | 2.675 |  |
 |  | Stand age | −0.800 | 0.358 | 0.041 | 3.850 |  |
10–20 | TP | Stand age | 0.985 | 0.122 | <0.001 | 1.537 | 0.845 |
 |  | SOC | −0.706 | 0.123 | <0.001 | 1.565 |  |
 |  | CS | −0.395 | 0.103 | 0.001 | 1.090 |  |
 | CS | TP | −0.929 | 0.182 | <0.001 | 1.594 | 0.667 |
 |  | W | −0.804 | 0.184 | <0.001 | 1.628 |  |
 |  | SOC | −0.409 | 0.147 | 0.013 | 1.042 |  |
 | TN | Stand age | 0.636 | 0.237 | 0.016 | 1.537 | 0.417 |
20–40 | TK | Stand age | −1.187 | 0.125 | <0.001 | 1.927 | 0.878 |
 |  | W | −0.534 | 0.136 | 0.001 | 2.275 |  |
 |  | SOC | 0.237 | 0.108 | 0.045 | 1.436 |  |
 | BD | TP | −0.733 | 0.142 | <0.001 | 1.233 | 0.740 |
 |  | TN | −0.588 | 0.132 | <0.001 | 1.063 |  |
 |  | TK | −0.561 | 0.146 | 0.001 | 1.302 |  |
40–60 | CS | W | −0.384 | 0.189 | 0.046 | 1.521 | 0.623 |
60–80 | TN | TK | 0.811 | 0.220 | 0.002 | 1.606 | 0.550 |
 |  | TP | 0.696 | 0.245 | 0.012 | 1.998 |  |
 |  | SOC | −0.393 | 0.182 | 0.048 | 1.109 |  |
80–100 | CS | TK | 0.539 | 0.139 | 0.001 | 1.214 | 0.746 |
 |  | Stand age | 0.467 | 0.158 | 0.009 | 1.575 |  |
 |  | W | −0.404 | 0.151 | 0.017 | 1.443 |  |
 | TP | pH | 0.570 | 0.194 | 0.009 | 1.000 | 0.325 |