Effect of scots pine forest management on soil properties and carabid beetle occurrence under post-fire environmental conditions - a case study from Central Europe

Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 Mean values and range of properties in soil of different study plots

Characteristics of soil	NRAN			ARAT			NRAT
Characteristics of soil	Mean	Min	Max	Mean	Min	Max	Mean	Min	Max
Ct	4.83^a	3.00	6.41	3.86^a	1.71	8.38	5.17^a	2.34	7.80
Nt	0.23^a	0.12	0.31	0.19^a	0.08	0.39	0.25^a	0.08	0.48
C/N	21.43^a	16.93	30.01	21.98^a	14.37	27.64	22.86^a	16.35	42.97
pH H₂O	4.02^a	3.78	4.35	4.24^a	3.98	4.87	3.98^b	3.73	4.40
pH KCl	3.20^a	2.98	3.50	3.38^a	3.14	3.79	3.17^b	2.84	3.61
Y	17.53^a	8.42	23.45	13.16^a	6.78	24.62	17.34^a	9.61	26.40
Al	5.48^ab	3.06	7.09	4.14^b	1.37	8.47	6.62^a	3.75	8.51
Ca	0.40^a	0.09	0.63	0.52^a	0.19	1.50	0.31^a	0.11	0.56
K	0.19^a	0.06	0.34	0.09^b	0.05	0.19	0.12^ab	0.09	0.15
Mg	0.10^a	0.03	0.17	0.06^b	0.04	0.11	0.05^b	0.04	0.07
Na	0.007^a	0.002	0.014	0.007^a	0.004	0.010	0.007^a	0.004	0.011
P	60.08^a	26.88	107.10	31.91^a	6.79	81.20	38.32^a	7.07	93.10
BC	0.70^a	0.19	1.10	0.68^a	0.29	1.62	0.49^a	0.27	0.76
Sand	95^a	90	98	96^a	92	99	94^a	92	95
Silt	4^a	2	8	3^a	1	6	5^a	4	6
Clay	1^a	0	2	1^a	0	3	1^a	0	1
DH	14.88^a	2.37	28.12	11.69^a	3.20	20.15	9.44^a	2.95	13.45
BG	110.03^b	54.52	161.25	309.97^a	99.67	715.19	309.04^a	140.66	592.76

Ct: carbon content (%); N: nitrogen content (%); Y: hydrolytic acidity (cmol(+)·kg⁻¹); Al: exchangeable aluminium (cmol(+)·kg⁻¹); Ca²⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺ content (cmol(+)·kg⁻¹); P content (mg·kg⁻¹); BC: base cations (cmol(+)·kg^− 1); sand, silt and clay content (%); DH: dehydrogenase activity (μmol TPF·kg^− 1·h^− 1), BG: β-glucosidase activity (mmol pNP·kg^− 1·h^− 1), different small letters in the upper index of the mean values mean significant differences