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Sara Tomiolo, Wim H. van der Putten, and Katja Tielbörger. 2015. Separating the role of biotic interactions and climate in determining adaptive response of plants to climate change. Ecology 96:1298–1308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1445.1

Appendix B. Results of soil analyses conducted on soil samples from both origins before and after sterilization.

Table B1. Analyses of chemical composition and texture of soil samples from both soil origins: semi-arid and Mediterranean before (i.e., live) and after sterilization, indicating that the sterilization had no detectable effect on soil properties.

 

Semi-arid live

Semi-arid sterilized

Mediterranean live

Mediterranean sterilized

P (mg/kg)

24.25

20.2

12.8

14.35

CaCO3 (%)

24.41

24.8

12.86

10.8

N (%)

0.08

0.07

0.22

0.21

C (%)

3.37

3.19

3.43

3.2

S (%)

<0.05

<0.05

0.05

<0.05

C org (%)

0.44

0.22

1.88

1.9


Sand (%)

14

14.8

11

11

Silt (%)

64.8

60.7

43.3

45.8

Clay (%)

21.2

24.8

45.7

43.2


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