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. 2014 Apr 17;9(4):e93773. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093773

Table 1. Plant diversity and soil geochemical properties in two forest types.

Forest type MAT SEC Forest type MAT SEC
non index of tree and shrubs** 1.18±0.27 2.12±0.17 Soil organic carbon (g/kg)** 36.40±3.41 86.07±9.70
Species number of tree* 6.00±0.41 12.50±2.10 Dissolved organic carbon (g/kg) 0.17±0.01 0.26±0.08
Height of tree** 14.14±0.54 8.73±0.34 Liable organic carbon (g/kg)** 2.00±0.48 12.37±1.58
Diameter at breast height of tree** 19.85±1.02 12.06±0.75 Microbial biomass carbon (g/kg)** 0.81±0.05 1.31±0.07
Soil Moisture (%) ** 50.12±1.23 27.32±2.45 Total nitrogen (g/kg)** 2.33±0.45 5.83±0.45
Temperature at 10 cm depth (°C) 15.92±0.15 15.32±0.09 Available nitrogen (g/kg)** 0.22±0.02 0.41±0.03
Soil pH** 4.81±0.05 5.91±0.28 Available phosphorus (g/kg) * 0.004±0.00 0.015±0.00

Data present the mean value and standard error.

*, P<0.05,

**, P<0.01.