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Table 1 Nutrient and ion content, and physicochemical properties in surface soil after 4-year nitrogen addition treatment in exclosure and free grazing sites

From: Grazing exclusion had greater effects than nitrogen addition on soil and plant community in a desert steppe, Northwest of China

Site

TN

(mg/g)

TP

(mg/g)

K

(mg/g)

Na

(mg/g)

NH+ 4-N

(mg/kg)

NO- 3-N

(mg/kg)

pH

EC

(mS/cm)

SWC

(%)

FG-0

0.89±0.03b

0.52±0.03

0.45±0.09b

15.97±2.34

5.69±0.31c

1.54±0.12b

8.15±0.09a

8.25±0.10

7.46±0.62a

EX-0

1.49±0.04a

0.43±0.03

2.57±0.23a

17.59±2.10

6.86±0.76c

3.02±0.52ab

7.47±0.11b

8.90±1.32

3.18±0.74b

EX-1

1.61±0.09a

0.46±0.02

2.84±0.21a

17.71±2.03

17.21±0.31b

3.41±0.28a

7.51±0.06b

9.25±0.77

3.21±0.43b

EX-3

1.58±0.06a

0.44±0.04

2.87±0.23a

18.90±1.23

18.74±0.73ab

3.03±0.64ab

7.27±0.11b

9.09±0.76

2.80±0.69b

EX-5

1.54±0.03a

0.48±0.04

2.89±0.35a

19.53±0.61

19.46±0.31a

3.62±0.54a

7.47±0.10b

10.60±0.61

3.58±0.73b

  1. Note: FG free grazing, EX exclosure. Data are means ± standard error (n = 4), with different letters representing significant differences between treatments (P < 0.05). EC: electrical conductivity; SWC: soil water content