The influence of forest types on manganese content in soils

Area	Altitude (m)	Soil parent material	Soil type (FAO 1988)	Vegetation
Amfilohia	360	Sandy flysch	Haplic Luvisol	Quercus ilex, L., Arbutus unedo, L. Phyllirea latifolia, L.
Ossa-Mountain	890	Mica schist	Haplic Alisol	Fagus sylvatica, L.
Karpenisi	1170	Argil-laceus flysch	Humic Alisol	Abies borisii-regis, M.

Table 2

Concentrations (mg kg^-1) of Mn in standing leaves and litterfall as well as fluxes of Mn (kg ha^-1 yr^-1) in the litterfall in the three forested plots. Values with different letters in the same row differ significantly for at least 0.05 probability level

	Standing leaves of the dominant trees in the three forested stands
Average	Holm oak	Beech	Fir
	561 a	1876 b	299 a
	(33)	(13)	(33)
Litterfall
Average	Maquis	Beech	Fir
	405 a	1475 b	354 a
	(23)	(19)	(15)
Litterfall fluxes
Average	Maquis	Beech	Fir
	2.00 a	7.66 b	2.09 a
	(29)	(26)	(29)

[i] Values in parentheses denote coefficients(%) of variation.

Table 3

Selected soil properties in the soil layers of the three forested stands. Clay and CEC are expressed in percentages (%) and CEC in meq/100 g of soil

Layer	pH	Clay	CEC	C
1	2	3	4	5
Maquis
L				49.4 (2.8)
FH	6.6 (3.7)		71.6 (8.1)	26.0 (7.1)
0–10 cm	6.26 (2.0)	23.6 (6.2)	24.5 (12)	(5.0 14)
10–20 cm	6.18 (6.6)	24.2 (14)	15.8 (20)	2.73 (17)
20–40	6.12 (2.3)	26.0 (19)	12.8 (11)	1.44 (17)
40–80	6.53 (5.7)	29.3 (15)	13.7 (13)	0.86 (14)
Beech
L				47.3 (0.6)
FH	5.75 (4.9)		41.2 (12)	26.9 (3.5)
0–10 cm	4.83 (2.4)	20.0 (5.5)	2.13 (18)	4.32 (4.5)
10–20 cm	5.08 (2.1)	21.8	1.44 (9.2)	2.95 (8.7)
20–40 cm	5.24 (0.6)	21.5 (0.3)	1.20 (4.8)	2.09 (12)
40–80 cm	5.27 (1.1)	(15 4.1)	0.973 (9.3)	0.91 (3.2)
Fir
L				50.8 (0.7)
FH	6.48 (0.2)		57.8 (9.5)	23.0 (14)
0–10 cm	6.07 (2.0)	27.2 (2.0)	17.9 (15)	5.12 (20)
10–20 cm	5.77 (3.1)	31.2 (2.1)	10.9 (15)	3.36 (10)
20–40 cm	5.54 (1.2)	33.0 (6.7)	(7.5 7.9)	2.75 (3.5)
40–80 cm	5.32 (1.5)	34.9 (14)	3.8 (15)	1.53 (19)

[i] Values in parentheses denote coefficients of variation (%).

Table 4

Concentrations (mg kg^-1) of total and available Mn in the soil layers of the three-forested stands. Values with different letters in the same row differ significantly for at least 0.05 probability level

	Maquis	Beech	Fir
1	2	4	4
Total Mn
L	306 a (65)	1745 b (12)	613 a (52)
FH	1790 a (12)	4398 b (10)	1730 a (4.2)
0–10 cm	687 a (13)	1130 b (12)	1208 bc (6.3)
10–20 cm	607 a (7.0)	842 ab (4.7)	969 b (26)
20–40 cm	665 a (6.8)	1087bc (7.0)	1015 c (30)
40–80 cm	644 a (5.1)	697 a (13)	650 a (49)
Available Mn
FH	738 a (21)	561 b (20)	370 c (21)
0–10 cm	114 a (15)	196 b (11)	151 c (15)
10–20 cm	95.4 a (62.8)	148 b (6.8)	116 ab (14)
20–40 cm	62.8 a (5.9)	113 b (4.5)	92.6b (28)
40–80 cm	61.5 a (24)	46.2 a (24)	56.6 a (40)

[i] Values in parentheses denote coefficients of variation (%).

Table 5

Pearson correlation coefficients between available Mn and soil properties

	CEC	pH	Clay	Organic C	Total Mn
Available Mn	0.588*	0.264	–0.62	0.962**	0.867**

[i] * and ** mean significant correlations for 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2021-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Oct 15, 2020

Accepted on: Dec 9, 2020

Published on: Mar 13, 2021

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Keywords:

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soil,

forest,

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