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. 2016 Dec;103:493–501. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.09.015

Table 1.

Summary statistics for measured soil properties.

Soil properties Minimum Median (25th:75th quantiles) Maximum
Sand (%) 7.5 40 (26.25: 55.15) 88.3
Silt (%) 3.2 30.4 (23.9: 44.95) 69
Clay (%) 0.3 21.6 (16.35: 29.95) 58.7
C:N 5.39 9.34 (8.1: 11.2) 33.41
Total N (%) 0.17 0.3 (0.25: 0.49) 1.81
Total C (%) 1.39 3.08 (2.2: 5.8) 24.62
pH 4.2 6.6 (5.7: 7.3) 8.7
WHC (mL g−1) 0.04 0.63 (0.49: 0.81) 1.18
LOI (g g−1) 0.027 0.072 (0.047: 0.123) 0.617
MBC (μg g−1) 68 397 (284: 778) 2329
Bulk density (g cm−3) 0.18 0.98 (0.67: 1.20) 1.53
Slope (°) 0 1.6 (0.5: 4.2) 11
Canopy cover (%) 0 70 (20: 80) 100
Ground cover (%) 0 45 (20: 80) 100
Phenotypic PC1 −7.13 0.64 (0.00: 1.26) 3.52
Phenotypic PC2 −3.50 −0.43 (−1.74: 1.21) 6.90
Phenotypic PC3 −7.95 0.21 (−1.18: 1.23) 5.16