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Table 3.

Descriptive soil properties of stabilized and mobile sand dunes in Minqin County

Soil Properties	Mobile sand dune		Stabilized sand dune
Soil depth	0–2 cm	2–10 cm	0–2 cm	2–10 cm
Clay	0^Ab	0^Ab	1.90 ± 0.76^Aa	0.21 ± 0.09^Ba
Silt	0^Ab	0^Ab	6.79 ± 2.18^Aa	2.88 ± 0.54^Ba
Fine sand	48.88 ± 5.13^Aa	49.65 ± 7.79^Aa	51.01 ± 7.19^Aa	45.42 ± 3.56^Aa
Coarse sand	51.12 ± 5.13^Aa	48.88 ± 7.80^Ab	40.31 ± 8.76^Ab	51.49 ± 3.23^Aa
Soil Water content (%)	1.40 ± 0.43^Aa	2.07 ± 0.67^Aa	1.49 ± 0.42^Aa	1.54 ± 0.49^Aa
Bulk density (g/cm³)	1.57 ± 0.03^Aa	1.61 ± 0.01^Aa	1.52 ± 0.01^Aa	1.55 ± 0.03^Aa
Air‐filled porosity (%)	19.60 ± 1.8^Aa	18.10 ± 1.5^Aa	11.21 ± 1.5^Bb	15.50 ± 1.61^Aa

Different uppercase letters indicate significant differences (p < .05) in soil properties between two soil depths in the same sand dune site. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (p < .05) in soil properties between two sand dune types at the same soil depth.