Research Article

Heathland Restoration Techniques: Ecological Consequences for Plant-Soil and Plant-Animal Interactions

Table 2

Levels of significance for Mann -Whitney U comparisons between each treatment and both the control and target conditions (10 replicates per treatment).

Soil attribute Comparison
Sulphur and controlSulphur and heathSoil stripped and controlSoil stripped and heath

pH<0.0010.2300.058<0.001
Phosphate0.0440.2390.0180.005
Potassium0.4690.0360.0800.237
Calcium0.0070.3070.0010.130
Magnesium0.0010.1040.0020.150
Manganese0.0580.0310.0190.012
Iron1.0000.0230.1300.130
Sulphur0.0340.0020.7620.001
Aluminium0.4270.1120.0020.001