Table 1.

Mean soil properties in vegetated and bare soils.

	C (g g−1 soil)	N (g g−1 soil)	C:N	Soil pH	Moisture (%)	Microbial biomass (PLFA μg g−1 dry soil)
Vegetated	0.119 (0.001)	0.0094 (0.0002)	12.70 (0.33)	4.81 (0.03)	54.00 (0.58)	102.40 (9.11)
Bare	0.097 (0.002)	0.0070 (0.0002)	13.57 (0.26)	4.77 (0.01)	53.67 (1.67)	57.47 (1.91)
P	0.001	0.001	0.109	0.22	0.86	0.008
F	70.49	63.78	4.24	0.17	0.04	23.27

Standard error of the mean (SEM) in parentheses (n = 3). Significant differences calculated using One-Way ANOVA.