Table 4 Chemical characteristics of the different soil zones (upto 30 cm depth) from R, GTZ and UTZ in the Dayara bugyal (n = 3 per investigation zone; 50 random soil cores per replicate for soil analysis ; 30 randomly placed quadrates of 1 × 1 m in 5-50 m in triplicate per investigation zone).

From: Dayara bugyal restoration model in the alpine and subalpine region of the Central Himalaya: a step toward minimizing the impacts

Variables

Investigation zone

Untreated Un degraded zone (R) *

Geo-coir Treated Zone (GTZ)*

Untreated Degraded Zone (UTZ)*

Vegetation profile

Total herb density / m2

19.77 ± 0.04

10.56 ± 0.02

3.7 ± 0.05

Soil chemical profile

pH

5.15 ± 0.24

4.96 ± 0.28

4.69 ± 0.21

OC (%)

6.64 ± 0.26

4.83 ± 0.04

3.76 ± 0.14

N (%)

0.133 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.03

0.047 ± 0.02

P (%)

0.35 ± 0.04

0.29 ± 0.03

0.14 ± 0.01

K (%)

0.81 ± 0.02

0.78 ± 0.04

0.26 ± 0.02

WHC (%)

56.96 ± 0.13

49.85 ± 0.13

47.76 ± 0.59

  1. *(mean ± standard error).
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