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Ecological Processes

Table 2 Main soil physico-chemical properties in response to different periods of continuous cultivation

From: Changes in soil fertility and microbial communities following cultivation of native grassland in Horqin Sandy Land, China: a 60-year chronosequence

Treatments

BD (g cm−3)

SWC (%)

pH

EC (mS cm−1)

CUL0

1.36 (0.05)d

2.94 (0.42)c

7.93 (0.16)ab

335 (26.0)d

CUL5

1.67 (0.07)a

0.97 (0.06)f

8.06 (0.19)a

773 (73.8)b

CUL15

1.63 (0.07)a

1.78 (0.15)e

7.73 (0.10)b

902 (59.9)a

CUL25

1.53 (0.05)b

2.34 (0.13)d

7.91 (0.11)ab

500 (46.9)c

CUL35

1.46 (0.05)bc

3.92 (0.64)b

7.88 (0.09)ab

328 (35.5)d

CUL60

1.42 (0.03)cd

4.87 (0.26)a

8.04 (0.13)b

353 (32.4)d

  1. BD represents bulk density, SWC represents soil water content and EC represents electrical conductivity. Values represent means of six replicates, with standard errors shown in parentheses. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences at p < 0.05
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