Among the FMPs, there were few correlations between soil
microbiological and soil biochemical variables, thus only five to
nine of seventy two possible correlations were significant and
higher than r = 0.5 (Table 2). Firstly, soil moisture was highly correlated
with soil respiration in CC and Oak and also correlated well
with -glucosidase activity, but only in CC, although this enzyme
activity mainly responded to C soil content. In the same direction,
there was a similar correlation between soil moisture and acid
phosphatase activity, but again C soil content better explained this
latter enzyme activity in CC. However, these former two enzyme
activities responded differently in the other two FMPs, acid phosphatase
activity was mediated by N soil content in CO, while soil
base saturation (K) percentage was the best variable for explaining
both -glucosidase and dehydrogenase activities in Oak. Once
more in CO examination, arylsulphatase activity was more related
to C soil content than N soil content that, in turn, became a better
variable to explain both acid phosphatase and dehydrogenase
activities.