Ecological Processes

Table 2 Comparison of physicochemical and biochemical properties of soil in oak and pine forests of Tehri and Pauri districts using t test. Entries in the table correspond to p values for the same soil parameters in control (C) and burnt (B) conditions

From: Effect of forest fire on soil microbial biomass and enzymatic activity in oak and pine forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

Parameters^a	Pine forest		Oak forest
	Pauri	Tehri	Pauri	Tehri
	C vs B	C vs B	C vs B	C vs B
C_mic	0.000^***	0.02^**	0.000^***	0.001^***
N_mic	0.06^*	0.008^***	0.01^**	0.19
SBR	0.001^***	0.01^**	0.03^**	0.005^***
DHA	0.04^**	0.03^**	0.008^***	0.009^***
ACP	0.007^***	0.006^***	0.007^***	0.0003^***
C_mic/N_mic	0.002^***	0.05^*	0.0001^***	0.002^***
C_mic/C_org	0.001^***	0.000^***	0.000^***	0.002^***
N_mic/TN	0.001^***	0.01^**	0.000^***	0.05^*

^aC_mic soil microbial biomass carbon, N_mic soil microbial biomass nitrogen, SBR soil basal respiration, DHA dehydrogenase activity, ACP acid phosphatase activity, TN total nitrogen;
^*** p≤ 0.001 (highly significant), ^** p≤ 0.05 (medium significant), ^* p≤ 0.1 (less significant)

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