Table 3 Soil microbiological properties 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.

From: Soil microbial properties of subalpine steppe soils at different grazing intensities in the Chinese Altai Mountains

Stocking density

Microbial biomass

Ergosterol

CO2–C

C

N

C/N

sheep ha−1

µg g−1 soil

% SOC

µg g−1 soil

% total N

µg g−1 soil

% MBC

µg g−1 soil d−1

0

840.7

2.2

131.7

3.69

6.13

5.8

0.67

10.4

8

832.1

2.19

135.6

3.64

6.2

6.01

0.69

10.7

16

801.5

2.13

130.2

3.58

6.18

5.64

0.63

10

24

851.2

2.22

137.1

3.84

6.24

5.48

0.65

9.4

CV (%)

15.8

4.8

9.3

3.2

2.1

22.1

8.7

13.7

p-value stocking density

0.87

0.07

0.9

0.05

0.94

0.88

0.72

0.57

p-value block

0.04

0.02

0.1

0.15

0.83

0.03

0.32

0.02

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