Table 1 Soil texture, pH and electric conductivity (EC) of a rangeland soil grazed by 0, 8, 16, and 24 sheep ha−1 in a two year grazing experiment from 2014–2015 on a summer pasture in the Chinese Altai Mountains, Qinghe, China.
Stocking density | Sand | Silt | Clay | pH | EC1:2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sheep ha−1 | % | µS cm−1 | |||
0 | 34.9 | 41.7 | 23.3 | 6 | 396.6 |
8 | 34.9 | 41.5 | 23.6 | 6.1 | 285.4 |
16 | 36.1 | 41.5 | 22.5 | 6 | 299.4 |
24 | 37.4 | 40.6 | 21.8 | 6 | 303.4 |
CV (%) | 8.5 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 14.2 |
p-value stocking density | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.29 | 0.93 | 0.95 |
p-value block | 0.51 | 0.34 | 0.25 | 0.87 | 0.25 |
