Effects of Thinning Intensities on Soil Infiltration and Water Storage Capacity in a Chinese Pine-Oak Mixed Forest

Table 3

Characteristics of forest soil properties.

Index	Thinning intensity
	CK	15%	30%	60%
Bulk density (g cm^−3)	1.24 ± 0.00^a	1.20 ± 0.01^b	1.17 ± 0.01^c	1.23 ± 0.01^a
Total porosity (%)	49.20 ± 0.80^c	53.70 ± 0.68^b	59.11 ± 1.89^a	50.48 ± 0.57^bc
Noncapillary porosity (%)	8.47 ± 0.15^b	10.71 ± 0.02^a	11.37 ± 0.65^a	9.06 ± 0.28^b
Natural water content (%)	5.70 ± 0.08^c	10.08 ± 0.44^b	10.63 ± 0.76^b	12.86 ± 0.39^a
pH	6.47 ± 0.03^a	6.53 ± 0.03^a	6.40 ± 0.12^a	6.53 ± 0.09^a
Organic matter (g kg^−1)	17.11 ± 1.60^b	22.32 ± 0.49^a	22.88 ± 0.80^a	18.12 ± 1.27^b
Bacteria (10^7 g^−1)	22.55 ± 1.31^b	33.52 ± 1.58^a	36.91 ± 4.06^a	24.95 ± 1.72^b
Actinomyces (10^4 g^−1)	25.23 ± 0.58^b	37.63 ± 0.80^a	42.59 ± 3.30^a	28.24 ± 2.15^b
Fungus (10^3 g^−1)	2.59 ± 0.23^b	4.88 ± 0.17^a	5.93 ± 0.42^a	3.25 ± 0.69^b
Catalase (mL g^−1)	16.29 ± 2.94^c	24.18 ± 1.07^ab	25.99 ± 0.70^a	19.18 ± 0.08^bc
Dehydrogenase (𝜇g g^−1)	115.50 ± 14.04^c	195.99 ± 3.96^ab	212.38 ± 9.47^a	169.52 ± 6.18^b
Urease (mg g^−1)	0.14 ± 0.02^b	0.16 ± 0.01^ab	0.20 ± 0.01^a	0.12 ± 0.02^b
Invertase (mg g^−1)	17.04 ± 0.70^ab	17.57 ± 0.68^ab	19.37 ± 0.69^a	15.76 ± 0.80^b

Different small letters in the same row mean significant difference at 0.05 level.