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Table 3 Model results on the influence of climatic and edaphic variables on nutrient pools

From: Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under Scots pine plantations in comparison to European beech forests: a paired-plot study across forests with different management history and precipitation regimes

 

MAT

MSP

Stand age

Stand type and history

Soil pH (40–60 cm)

C pool

total

–

–

–

×

–

OL

–

–

×

×

–

MS

–

–

–

–

–

N pool

total

–

–

–

–

–

OL

–

–

–

×

–

MS

–

–

–

–

–

Presin pool

MS

–

×

–

×

–

BC pool

MS

×

–

–

–

–

  1. Variables influencing the pools of Corg and Nt (total soil profile, mineral soil 0–100 cm (MS) and organic layer (OL)) and resin-P (mineral soil 0–100 cm) and exchangeable base cations (BC, mineral soil 0–100 cm) in the beech and pine stands according to linear models. The initial models included mean annual temperature (MAT, last 30 years), mean summer precipitation (MSP, last 30 years), stand age, soil pH at 40–60 cm and stand type in combination with forest history (ancient beech, ancient pine and recent pine stands); insignificant variables (−) were subsequently removed until only significant explanatory variables (×) remained