Table 1 Soil properties (0–10 cm depth) in the Alnus cremastogyne (AC) and Liquidambar formosana (LF) plantations.

From: Decomposing litter and associated microbial activity responses to nitrogen deposition in two subtropical forests containing nitrogen-fixing or non-nitrogen-fixing tree species

Plantation

Treatment

Organic matter (%)

TN (g kg−1)

TP (mg kg−1)

pH

AC

N0

11.43 ± 0.21a

0.57 ± 0.06c

1.17 ± 0.06c

6.17 ± 0.06a

N1

10.57 ± 0.31a

1.67 ± 0.32b

1.53 ± 0.06b

6.00 ± 0.10a

N2

10.97 ± 0.55a

2.57 ± 0.06a

2.13 ± 0.15a

6.10 ± 0.00a

LF

N0

9.23 ± 0.55ab

0.43 ± 0.06b

1.37 ± 0.06b

6.67 ± 0.15a

N1

9.77 ± 0.15a

0.67 ± 0.25b

1.83 ± 0.15a

6.63 ± 0.06a

N2

8.67 ± 0.32b

1.87 ± 0.21a

1.27 ± 0.21b

6.43 ± 0.12a

  1. Soil samples were collected before the beginning of the litter decomposition experiment in August 2015. Organic matter measurements were based on the C concentration and a conversion factor (1.724). TN, soil total N; TP, soil total P. Values are presented as means ± SE, n = 3. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences between treatments in each plantation (ANOVA with Tukey’s HSD, P < 0.05). N0: without N addition, N1: 30 kg N ha yr.−1, N2: 60 kg N ha yr.−1 AC: Alnus cremastogyne, LF: Liquidambar formosana.
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