Research Article
Heathland Restoration Techniques: Ecological Consequences for Plant-Soil and Plant-Animal Interactions
Table 1
Chemical soil attributes across each treatment, control, and target heathland. Concentrations are in mgL−1. H= Kruskal-Wallis test statistic.
| Soil attribute | Treatment |
H | P | Control | Elemental sulphur | Soil stripped | Heathland |
| pH | 5.7 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 4.1 |
30.22 |
<0.001 | Phosphate | 10.9 | 15.3 | 7.7 | 12.5 |
14.32 |
0.003 | Potassium | 41.6 | 33.9 | 29.7 | 23.9 |
8.30 |
0.040 | Calcium | 1177.5 | 578.5 | 520.5 | 333.5 |
18.20 |
<0.001 | Magnesium | 68.6 | 28.7 | 31.8 | 23.2 |
18.82 |
<0.001 | Manganese | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
10.60 |
0.014 | Iron | 322.8 | 318.5 | 421.4 | 188.1 |
6.79 |
0.079 | Sulphur | 13.5 | 20.3 | 15.3 | 62.9 |
19.73 |
<0.001 | Aluminium | 5.2 | 18.1 | 68.6 | 5.8 |
15.51 |
0.001 |
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