highly significantP <0.001
The correlation between mean plot CAI in soil layers above and below 20 cm depth was highly significant in Areas 1 and 2 ( r -Pearson = 0.56 and 0.51, respectively; P <0.001 under bilateral torus-translation test) but not in Area 3 ( r -Pearson = −0.09; P = 0.66).