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