Table 2 Vegetation and soil conditions before the experiment started at the grazing and non-grazing sites. TN and TP represent soil total nitrogen and soil total phosphorus, respectively.

From: Effect of moderate livestock grazing on soil and vegetation characteristics in zokor mounds of different ages

Sites

Soil nutrient content

Vegetation conditions

Soil layers (cm)

TN (g kg−1)

TP (g kg− 1)

Total coverage (%)

Average height (cm)

Important value

Grazing

0–10

5.03 ± 0.69

0.50 ± 0.17

80

14.33 ± 1.63

1.31 ± 0.13

10–20

3.63 ± 0.06

0.54 ± 0.03

20–30

3.50 ± 1.07

0.41 ± 0.10

Non-grazing

0–10

4.87 ± 0.19

0.52 ± 0.07

89

16.54 ± 2.32

1.40 ± 1.01

10–20

3.43 ± 0.16

0.50 ± 0.12

20–30

3.80 ± 1.27

0.40 ± 0.15

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