Soil characteristics in degraded alpine meadows
The degraded alpine meadows showed a significantly higher pH and soil
bulk density and a significantly lower soil hardness (by approximately
15 times) than those of undegraded alpine meadows (Table 1). The total
soil N and soil soluble organic N concentrations were significantly
lower and soil NO3- was higher in the
degraded alpine meadow than in the undegraded alpine meadow (Table 1).