Post-fire soil nutrient dynamics in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Western Ghats, India

Forest Ecosystems

Table 2 Result of the two-factor ANOVA (Fire class and soil depth) for the soil properties

Soil Properties	Variables	F ratio	p-value
pH	Fire class	13.129	< 0.001
	Depth	3.712	0.039
	Fire x Depth	4.372	0.004
EC	Fire class	25.989	< 0.001
	Depth	2.851	0.077
	Fire x Depth	0.342	0.908
Bulk density	Fire class	3.898	0.021
	Depth	4.518	0.022
	Fire x Depth	1.044	0.422
Organic carbon	Fire class	5.994	0.003
	Depth	6.736	0.005
	Fire x Depth	1.478	0.228
Total nitrogen	Fire class	24.181	< 0.001
	Depth	4.994	0.015
	Fire x Depth	2.036	0.100
NO₃⁻N	Fire class	0.155	0.925
	Depth	1.832	0.182
	Fire x Depth	6.520	< 0.001
NH₄⁻N	Fire class	3.759	0.024
	Depth	20.869	< 0.001
	Fire x Depth	1.126	0.377
Available P	Fire class	45.477	< 0.001
	Depth	5.175	0.014
	Fire x Depth	3.277	0.017
Extractable K	Fire class	86.571	< 0.001
	Depth	17.190	< 0.001
	Fire x Depth	3.455	0.013