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Characteristics of soils used in this study
| Soil type | Physical properties
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Chemical properties
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| Sand (%) | Silt (%) | Clay (%) | pH (H2O) | Organic carbon (g/kg) | P (mg/kg) | K (mg/kg) | Ca (mg/kg) | Mg (mg/kg) | S (mg/kg) | |
| Agricultural | 75.8 | 16.9 | 7.3 | 6.12 | 16.9 | 330 | 225 | 1,120 | 66 | 176 |
| Forest | 78.2 | 13.9 | 7.9 | 4.94 | 44.8 | 147 | 162 | 1,180 | 146 | 177 |
| Grassland | 89.6 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 5.28 | 19.8 | 328 | 103 | 610 | 68 | 82 |
