… used as a representation of non-karst soil. Based on our previous investigation on soil
resource status in karst regions, we hypothesized that karst soil (calcareous soil) would be C- and …

… In original forest soil of karst regions we can suppose that localized microbial populations
are sustained, being well adapted to the special habitats with neutral pH and an abundance of …

… C/N ratio were evaluated in forest soils after mountain closure in a karst region. The N … /N
0 ratios in the karst forest soils were usually larger than 20 in the 0–10 cm soil layers (Fig. …

… soil matrix, vegetation, and topography. This study aimed to investigate the spatial variability
of soil nutrients in a typical karst … and geostatistical analysis in virgin forest in Mulun national …

… Anderson [30] generalised that the microbial quotient (MBC/TOC) of agricultural and
forest soils at neutral pH ranged from 2.0 to 4.4% depending on nutrient status and …

… NO 3 − /NH 4 + ratio in nonkarst forest soil is not significant from 1, but that in the karst forest
… typical in N-saturated forests (Tietema, 1998). In the current study, the nonkarst forest soil is …

… Soil organic matter present in forest soils is derived from litter fall and root input, while
losses result from microbial degradation, eluviation, solution, and erosion. The balance …

… C in the interior of soil aggregates [69]. The fact that karst forest soils help to stabilize SOC is
… In the present study, β values (−1.85) in non-karst forest soils were consistent with those in …

… of soil respiration rates, δ 13 C values of CO 2 from soil respiration, and CO 2 concentrations
in forest soil … 2008 between karst and clasolite areas of the Maocun karst underground river …

… karst region, located northwest of Guangxi (southwest China) as our study area, to research
the variation in spatial distributions of soil … the variation in forest TP at sub-region scale, while …