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Appendix C. Soil properties.
Table C1. Summary of the soil properties of the study site (the data was collected at sub-plot level, n = 140).
Properties |
Mature forest |
Regenerating forest |
Open land |
Total |
|||
Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Mean±SD |
|
C |
12.51 |
171.54 |
9.84 |
94.68 |
23.38 |
69.21 |
53.19±23.75 |
N |
1.01 |
8.31 |
0.80 |
6.15 |
1.69 |
4.72 |
3.53 ±1.20 |
C.N |
11.19 |
20.65 |
9.49 |
18.29 |
11.88 |
18.91 |
14.75±2.06 |
P |
0.18 |
2.89 |
0.20 |
1.36 |
0.41 |
1.23 |
0.66±0.32 |
K |
1.13 |
38.51 |
0.09 |
26.71 |
0.49 |
18.70 |
8.51±6.66 |
Ca |
0.19 |
4.15 |
0.14 |
10.29 |
0.38 |
2.98 |
0.90±1.04 |
Fe |
9.02 |
163.08 |
8.44 |
136.52 |
19.48 |
130.18 |
45.03±30.85 |
Mn |
0.08 |
1.40 |
0.10 |
2.15 |
0.21 |
3.06 |
0.56±0.56 |
pH_H2O |
3.22 |
5.58 |
4.31 |
6.09 |
4.40 |
5.74 |
4.73±0.45 |
Sand |
12.93 |
66.92 |
14.10 |
64.82 |
17.95 |
65.87 |
39.13±12.75 |
CLAY |
14.78 |
56.75 |
15.41 |
48.24 |
12.02 |
48.34 |
27.81±8.69 |
SILT |
13.23 |
56.34 |
15.18 |
52.12 |
12.61 |
45.63 |
33.06±8.55 |