Table 2 Changes in soil chemical, physical, and biological indicators of C. dabieshanensis forests between different soil layers.

From: Long-term intensive management reduced the soil quality of a Carya dabieshanensis forest

Indicator

0–10 cm

11–20 cm

21–30 cm

Mean ± standard deviation

CV (%)

Mean ± standard deviation

CV (%)

Mean ± standard deviation

CV (%)

TN (g·kg−1)

2.96 ± 0.67c

22.66

2.19 ± 0.58b

26.46

1.81 ± 0.46a

25.73

TP (g·kg−1)

0.52 ± 0.16c

31.14

0.35 ± 0.12a

33.44

0.43 ± 0.13b

28.96

TK (g·kg−1)

23.13 ± 3.75b

16.23

20.22 ± 3.00a

14.84

20.63 ± 3.96a

19.20

pH

5.06 ± 0.18a

3.56

5.11 ± 0.15a

2.86

5.21 ± 0.16b

3.15

SOC (g·kg−1)

23.92 ± 5.69c

23.78

16.01 ± 3.42b

21.40

12.89 ± 3.08a

23.90

AN (mg·kg−1)

299.84 ± 56.59c

18.87

215.99 ± 47.23b

21.86

174.36 ± 43.16a

24.75

AK (mg·kg−1)

71.46 ± 15.57c

21.78

51.80 ± 9.47b

18.29

46.77 ± 10.21a

21.83

AP (mg·kg−1)

17.02 ± 3.66b

21.52

8.97 ± 1.96a

21.88

8.31 ± 2.98a

35.90

MC (%)

15.05 ± 2.50a

16.65

14.31 ± 2.35a

16.41

14.26 ± 2.70a

18.94

EC (μs·cm−1)

59.63 ± 13.51b

22.66

44.33 ± 10.86a

24.50

39.29 ± 11.95a

30.40

BD (g·cm−3)

1.14 ± 0.17a

15.10

1.27 ± 0.16b

12.71

1.35 ± 0.13c

9.77

TPO (%)

56.48 ± 4.99c

8.84

52.66 ± 4.81b

9.13

50.27 ± 3.76a

7.48

SMBP (mg·kg−1)

6.29 ± 0.92c

14.60

5.48 ± 0.90b

15.36

4.94 ± 0.64a

12.89

SMBC (mg·kg−1)

210.90 ± 55.48c

26.31

174.16 ± 38.51b

22.11

141.57 ± 32.74a

23.12

SMBN (mg·kg−1)

77.61 ± 10.49c

13.51

66.52 ± 7.13b

10.71

48.96 ± 3.40a

6.94

S-ACP (U·g−1)

61.92 ± 6.04b

9.76

43.02 ± 5.59a

12.99

43.20 ± 4.91a

11.37

S-UE (U·g−1)

16.18 ± 2.55c

15.76

14.34 ± 2.20b

15.37

12.76 ± 1.29a

10.10

S-SC (U·g−1)

2.30 ± 0.41c

17.88

2.12 ± 0.28b

13.27

1.92 ± 0.18a

9.16

S-β-GC (U·g−1)

60.38 ± 6.50c

10.76

53.81 ± 6.42b

11.94

47.83 ± 6.19a

12.93

T-Pro (U·g−1)

9.41 ± 1.27c

13.46

7.85 ± 1.30b

16.53

6.67 ± 0.81a

12.10

  1. There were significant differences in the one-way ANOVA of various compound patterns with different letters (LSD, p < 0.05).