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. 2023 Jul 28;14:1198313. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1198313

Table 1.

Soil physicochemical properties for different restoration ages.

Forest type Restoration age Soil water content Bulk density pH TC T N TP NO3-N NH4+-N AP
(g·g−1) (g·cm−3) (g·kg−1) (g·kg−1) (g·kg−1) (mg∙kg−1) (mg∙kg−1) (mg∙kg−1)
PT 10 years 0.09 ± 0.01b 0.48 ± 0.01a 7.95 ± 0.01a 11.72 ± 0.68c 0.27 ± 0.02c 0.69 ± 0.04ab 10.39 ± 0.6c 8.10 ± 0.47b 8.90 ± 0.51a
20 years 0.06 ± 0.01b 0.51 ± 0.02a 7.95 ± 0.01a 20.98 ± 1.21b 1.02 ± 0.06b 0.61 ± 0.04b 13.45 ± 0.78b 9.53 ± 0.55ab 7.90 ± 0.46ab
30 years 0.24 ± 0.05a 0.44 ± 0.01b 7.84 ± 0.01b 35.84 ± 2.07a 1.65 ± 0.1a 0.78 ± 0.05a 21.25 ± 1.23a 10.69 ± 0.62a 6.80 ± 0.39b
UP 10 years 0.1 ± 0.03b 0.49 ± 0.01a 8.00 ± 0.00a 31.23 ± 1.8b 1.75 ± 0.1b 0.65 ± 0.04b 11.22 ± 0.65a 10.15 ± 0.59b 4.60 ± 0.27b
20 years 0.11 ± 0.02b 0.48 ± 0.02a 7.81 ± 0.01b 32.65 ± 1.89ab 1.9 ± 0.11b 0.75 ± 0.04ab 11.75 ± 0.68a 11.83 ± 0.68ab 7.70 ± 0.44a
30 years 0.27 ± 0.01a 0.39 ± 0.01b 7.75 ± 0.02c 35.10 ± 2.03a 2.31 ± 0.13a 0.87 ± 0.05a 11.78 ± 0.68a 13.01 ± 0.75a 8.80 ± 0.51a
Summary of ANOVA (p-values)
Forest type 0.02 0.008 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.004 <0.001 <0.001 0.001
Restoration age <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.001
Forest type × restoration age 0.255 0.009 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.002 <0.001 0.923 <0.001

PT, Pinus tabuliformis; UP, Ulmus pumila; TC, total carbon content; TN, total nitrogen content; TP, total phosphorus content; NO3-N, nitrate nitrogen; NH4+-N, ammonium nitrogen; AP, available P content. Values are mean ± standard deviation (n = 5). Statistical significance was assessed by one-way ANOVA followed by LSD multiple comparison test. Different lowercase letters per column indicate the significant difference (p < 0.05).