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).

From: Changes in soil organic carbon and its influencing factors in the growth of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantation in Horqin Sandy Land, Northeast China

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