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Table 1 Soil characteristics of the experimental plot of Navasfrías (‘Sierra de Gata’ mountains, Western Spain [1]

From: Evolution of forest soil properties after liming with a by-product derived from a sugar beet mill

Forest site (control)

Soil properties

Exchangeable

Available

Navasfrías (Spain)

pH

pH

CEC

Ca2+

Mg2+

K+

Sum of bases

Base saturation

SOM

SOC

Ntotal

C/N

P

Ca

K

Dates

(KCl)

(H2O)

(cmolc kg−1)

(cmolc kg−1)

(cmolc kg−1)

(cmolc kg−1)

(cmolc kg−1)

(%)

(%)

(mg C g−1)

(mg N g−1)

 

(mg P kg−1)

(mg Ca kg−1)

(mg K kg−1)

Soil depth 0–10 cm

16-06-1996

4.1

5.1

26

1.4

0.5

0.4

2.3

8.9

17

98

4.0

24

15

560

515

27-09-2001

4.1

4.8

22

1.2

0.5

0.3

2.0

9.0

10

55

2.2

25

23

286

145

17-03-2005

4.0

5.0

29

1.2

0.4

0.3

1.9

6.6

15

86

4.3

20

4.5

158

115

Mean

4.1

5.0

26

1.3

0.5

0.3

2.1

11

14

80

3.5

23

14

335

258

±Standard deviation

0.1

0.2

3.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

5.4

3.8

22

1.1

2.6

9.3

205

223

Soil depth 10–20 cm

16-06-1996

4.1

5.1

23

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.5

4.0

11

65

3.8

17

3.5

170

280

27-09-2001

4.0

5.0

20

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.7

4.0

10

59

2.4

25

15.0

194

87

17-03-2005

4.1

5.0

25

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.8

3.3

12

71

4.2

17

1.0

64

88

Mean

4.1

5.0

23

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.7

3.8

11

65

3.5

16

6.5

190

197

±Standard deviation

0.1

0.1

2.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.4

1.2

6.1

0.9

4.6

7.5

69.2

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