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Table 3 Range of various communities, soil, and various assessment indices

From: Appraisal of arid land status: a holistic assessment pertains to bio-physical indicators and ecosystem values

Parameters

Pulse

Inter-pulse

Non-pulse

Bare patch

2.4–23.61 (5.93)

4.59–29.23 (16.54)

3.65–37.31 (21.70)

Species richness

7–12 (9.08)

4–8 (5.92)

2–7 (3.83)

Shannon diversity

1.73–2.38 (2.02)

1.3–2.0 (1.68)

0.54–1.71 (1.14)

Evenness

0.56–1.71 (0.93)

0.81–1.9 (0.95)

0.86–1.04 (0.89)

Soil organic carbon

19.16–187.89 (54.1)

62.86–384 (166.42)

19.54–432 (153.50)

Soil phosphorus

21.38–54.06 (37.05)

10.36–44.8 (24.45)

4.74–25.30 (11.44)

Soil nitrogen

19.16–76.25 (40.28)

18.95–112.65 (76.85)

16.85–255 (90.95)

Soil pH

6.58–9.11 (8.56)

6.23–7.97 (7.53)

6.3–8.15 (7.77)

Soil EC (mSm)

0.13–0.54 (0.26)

0.14–0.28 (0.23)

0.10–0.29 (0.16)

Soil moisture (%)

3.81–12.42 (7.17)

0.93–4.53 (1.80)

0.36–1.86 (0.86)

Relative coverage score

0.02–0.36 (0.16)

0.013–0.15 (0.05)

0.005–0.14 (0.04)

Revised SQI

0.003.389 (0.15)

0.307–0.78 (0.46)

0.07–1.0 (0.45)

Herbaceous component score

0.90–1.79 (1.31)

0.78–1.41 (1.03)

0.653–1.413 (0.97)

EMV

0.015–0.100 (0.03)

0.046–0.199 (0.10)

0.021–0.232 (0.09)

Land status

1.23–2.15 (1.65)

1.26–2.09 (1.63)

1.0–2.37 (1.56)

  1. Bare patch (m in 100 m line transect). Soil organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus are in mg/100 g. Readings in parentheses are the average of respective parameter