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Ecological Processes

Table 5 Correlation between microbial properties and nutrients of soil in oak and pine forests of Tehri and Pauri Garhwal

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

Nutrients

Microbial propertiesa

Cmic

SBR

DHA

ACP

Cmic/Nmic

Cmic/Corg

Nmic/TN

Fe

0.73**

0.81**

-

-

0.70**

0.71**

0.76**

Na

− 0.74**

-

-

-

− 0.73**

− 0.72**

-

Available K

− 0.63**

-

0.77**

-

-

− 0.77**

-

Zn

-

0.71**

-

0.71**

-

-

0.76**

Cu

-

-

-

-

-

0.70**

-

Mg

-

-

-

− 0.71**

-

-

-

Mn

-

0.73**

-

-

-

-

-

Available P

-

-

0.70**

-

− 0.71**

− 0.73**

-

  1. ***p ≤ 0.001 (highly significant), ** p ≤ 0.05 (medium significant), *p ≤ 0.1 (less significant)
  2. aCmic soil microbial carbon, SBR soil basal respiration, DHA dehydrogenase activity, ACP acid phosphatase activity, Nmic soil microbial nitrogen, Corg organic carbon, TN total nitrogen
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