Conversion of Secondary Forests into Chestnut Forests Affects Soil Nutrients in Anji County, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Description of Site
2.2. Details of the Secondary and Chestnut Forests
2.3. Soil Sample Collection and Determination of Nutrient Contents
3. Results
3.1. Soil Organic Matter Content Change
3.2. Comparison of Soil TN Content
3.3. Comparison of Soil Hydrolyzable Nitrogen Content
3.4. Comparison of Soil TP Content
3.5. Comparison of Soil AP Content
3.6. Comparison of Soil TK Content
3.7. Comparison of Soil AK Content
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Plot Number | Slope (°) | Vegetation Cover in Chinese Chestnut (%) | Vegetation Cover in Secondary Forest Land (%) | Plants in Chinese Chestnut Forest | Plants in Secondary Forests |
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1 | 13 | 80 | 100 | Castanea mollissima BL., Hedyotis chrysotricha (Palib.) Merr., Smilax glabra Roxb., Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv | Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook (dominant tree species), Diospyros kaki Thunb, Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl., Castanopsis sclerophylla (Lindl.) Schott., Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.; Ilex chinensis Sims |
2 | 17 | 80 | 100 | Castanopsis sclerophylla (Lindl.) Schott. (dominant tree species), Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl.; Ilex chinensis Sims | |
3 | 10 | 90 | 98 | Castanopsis sclerophylla (Lindl.) Schott. (dominant tree species), Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook | |
4 | 6 | 85 | 90 | Brachystachyum densiflorum (Rendle) Keng (dominant tree species), Lycium chinense Mill. |
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Sun, S.; Li, Z.; Wang, R.; Zhang, J.; Pan, C.; Cai, Z. Conversion of Secondary Forests into Chestnut Forests Affects Soil Nutrients in Anji County, China. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2373. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082373
Sun S, Li Z, Wang R, Zhang J, Pan C, Cai Z. Conversion of Secondary Forests into Chestnut Forests Affects Soil Nutrients in Anji County, China. Sustainability. 2019; 11(8):2373. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082373
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Shiyong, Zebo Li, Rongjia Wang, Jianfeng Zhang, Chunxia Pan, and Zeyu Cai. 2019. "Conversion of Secondary Forests into Chestnut Forests Affects Soil Nutrients in Anji County, China" Sustainability 11, no. 8: 2373. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082373