Table 3. Characteristics of the three study sites.

	HF upslope	HF downslope	UTM
Soil class	Dystric Brunisol	Orthic Humic Gleysol	Brown Luvisol
Soil texture (A horizon)	sandy-loam	sandy-loam	sandy clay loam
LFH/O depth (cm)	5–10	15	<2
pH (H2O)	4.9 ± 0.2	5.2 ± 0.2	6.8 ± 0.1
Bulk density (g cm−3)	0.79 ± 0.02	0.81 ± 0.03	1.03 ± 0.04a
LOI (%)	31.5 ± 3.4	87.6 ± 1.8	12.3 ± 1.0
WHC (g water g−1 dry soil)	2.3 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 1.2	0.87 ± 0.1
Field moisture content (g water g−1 dry soil)	2.1 ± 0.8	8.8 ± 2.1	0.48 ± 0.1
MB-C (mg C g−1 dry soil)	1.2 ± 0.06	1.5 ± 0.11	0.08 ± 0.04a
Extractable DOC (mg C g−1 dry soil)	1.3 ± 0.07	2.3 ± 0.13	0.09 ± 0.03a
Total C (%)	45.1 ± 0.4	19.3 ± 3.4	6.8 ± 1.2
Total N (%)	2.8 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.2	0.5 ± 0.1
Extractable NO3− + NO2− (μg N g−1 soil)	21.4 ± 2.5b	26.1 ± 6.3b	33.6 ± 2.5a,c
Extractable NH4+ (μg N g−1 soil)	180.8 ± 12.4b	278.8 ± 20.4b	7.55 ± 0.8a,c
Extractable PO43− (μg P g−1 soil)	8.2 ± 2.3b	15.6 ± 3.8b	78.6 ± 23.6a,d

Values represent means ± SEM for the top 5 cm of the soil.

^aData are from Pugliese et al.⁷¹

^bK₂SO₄ extraction.

^cKCl extraction.

^dBray-1 extraction.