Ecological Archives E095-248-A3

Eric Harvey, Andrew S. MacDougall. 2014. Trophic island biogeography drives spatial divergence of community establishment. Ecology 95:2870–2878. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-1683.1

Appendix C. Soil analyses.

Table C1. Results from the soil analyses that were performed on nine samples randomly distributed across the site.

Patch size

Nitrate
(mg/kg)

Ammonium
(mg/kg)

Moisture
(%)

Organic matter
(%)

Total carbon
(%)

pH

Particle size

25

7.76

1.25

13.34

2.3

3.51

7.8

Fine Sandy loam

25

8.05

1.47

17.77

3.5

2.38

7.3

Loam

400

16.7

1.24

17.39

3.6

2.07

7.2

Loam

25

10.2

1.39

17.05

3.1

2.18

7.4

Loam

400

3.8

1.74

17.67

3.4

1.87

7

Fine Sandy loam

25

12.2

1.03

11.81

2.3

1.79

7.6

Fine Sandy loam

100

12.7

3.51

10.03

2

4.92

7.7

Coarse sandy loam

100

13.9

1.57

16.73

3

2.06

6.5

Loam

400

10.8

1.84

14.5

2.7

1.65

6.2

Loam

Average

10.68

1.67

15.14

2.88

2.49

7.19

 

SD

3.81

0.73

2.86

0.58

1.06

0.54

 


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