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. 2015 Feb 6;10(2):e0117505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117505

Table 1. Soil chemical characteristics in different plantations.

Site pH TOC (g·kg−1) C/N ratio TN (g·kg−1) TP (g·kg−1) TK (g·kg−1) NH4 + (g·kg−1) NO3 - (g·kg−1) AP (g·kg−1) AK (g·kg−1)
SS a 7.72d b (0.09) c 11.93b (1.72) 10.55b (0.96) 1.13b (0.10) 0.38b (0.04) 12.74b (0.86) 4.77b (0.39) 1.03c (0.13) 9.27b (0.19) 102.03b (5.00)
SY 8.14b (0.04) 24.70a (2.88) 16.32a (3.80) 1.54a (0.19) 0.72a (0.14) 16.76a (0.35) 8.66a (0.45) 1.42b (0.16) 15.27a (0.15) 139.12a (3.73)
SB 8.27a (0.07) 22.07a (1.66) 14.88ab (2.65) 1.50a (0.16) 0.73a (0.10) 16.34a (1.32) 7.41a (0.61) 1.92a (0.06) 15.60a (0.14) 126.35a (4.27)
SC 7.99c (0.04) 15.70b (1.55) 14.13ab (3.21) 1.14b (0.20) 0.71a (0.07) 16.21a (0.80) 4.91b (0.85) 1.33b (0.09) 14.44a (0.06) 108.71b (6.14)

a SS: pure Hippophae rhamnoides plantation; SY: mixed plantation with Hippophae rhamnoides and Pinus tabulaeformis; SB: mixed plantation with Hippophae rhamnoides and Platycladus orientalis; SC: mixed plantation with Hippophae rhamnoides and Robinia pseucdoacacia.

b Different letters in the columns indicate significant differences at p < 0.05 levels via the LSD test.

c Standard deviation.