Table 1 Soil properties of the 0–60 cm depth in the plots across three forest types in 2005 and 2014.

From: Effects of moso bamboo encroachment into native, broad-leaved forests on soil carbon and nitrogen pools

Time

Stands

Soil layer(cm)

Bulk density(g cm−3)

Water content (%)

pH value

  

0–20

1.01 a B

31.3A−

5.19 a

 

BF

20–40

1.30 a A

30.1 b A−

5.15 a

  

40–60

1.35A

27.2 b B

5.16 a

  

0–20

0.95 b B

32.2 B−

5.02 b A

2005

MF

20–40

1.22 b A

33.4 a A

4.71 b B−

  

40–60

1.32A

31.6 a B+

4.67 b B−

  

0–20

0.93 b B

30.8A−

4.65 c

 

BLF

20–40

1.20 b A

29.1 c B−

4.58 b

  

40–60

1.31A

28.4 b B

4.61 b

  

0–20

1.01 a B

32.9 b A+

5.21 a

 

BF

20–40

1.29A

32.0 b A+

5.17 a

  

40–60

1.34A

28.3 B

5.14 a

  

0–20

0.98 a B

34.3 a A+

4.91 b

2014

MF

20–40

1.27A

33.1 a A

5.03 b +

  

40–60

1.34A

28.8 B−

5.00 b +

  

0–20

0.93 b B

33.4 abA+

4.72 c

 

BLF

20–40

1.21A

31.6 b B+

4.67 c

  

40–60

1.31A

29.0C

4.65 c

  1. BF: bamboo forest; MF: mixed bamboo and broad-leaved forest; BLF: native broad-leaved forest.
  2. Figures followed by different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences among forests within each soil layer in the same year at 0.05 level; different uppercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences among different soil layers within each forest in the same year at 0.05 level; a plus and a minus sign in the same column indicate significant differences between 2005 and 2014 within each soil layer at the same forest at 0.05 level.