Table 2 Experimental site information.

From: Deep soil C and N pools in long-term fenced and overgrazed temperate grasslands in northwest China

Treatments

Longitude and latitude

Altitude (m)

Gradient(°)

Quadrats

Soil pH

GG

106°24′13.3″E, 36°10′03.6″N

1761

17–19

3

8.4

106°24′12.8″E, 36°10′00.7″N

1795

0–1

3

8.3

106°24′11.1″E, 36°09′59.8″N

1788

16–18

3

8.3

FG

106°23′09.9″E, 36°15′03.4″N

2048

13–15

3

8.1

106°22′53.1″E, 36°15′07.3″N

2077

0–1

3

8.1

106°23′14.0″E, 36°16′02.9″N

2112

8–10

3

8.0