Table 5. The soil characteristics in the study sites (mean±SD).

Altitude (m; a.s.l.)	Soil layer depth (cm)				A layer
	L	FH	A	B	texture	pH (H2O)	Total N (%)	Avail. P (mg/kg)	K+ (cmol+/kg)	CEC (cmol+/kg)
< 200	1.6±0.8	0.8±0.6	15.3±5.0	43.0±10.6	L(31%)SL(30%)SiL(26%)etc(13%)	4.82±0.50	0.14±0.09	8.02±5.16	0.18±0.11	13.80±5.16
201 to 400	1.3±0.8	0.9±0.6	15.8±5.7	44.0±10.3	L(29%)SL(31%)SiL(24%)etc(16%)	4.91±0.52	0.16±0.16	7.14±6.33	0.14±0.10	15.49±7.31
401 to 600	1.4±1.1	0.8±0.6	17.2±6.6	46.9±13.1	L(21%)SL(41%)SiL(26%)etc(12%)	4.92±0.45	0.19±0.12	7.98±5.60	0.16±0.12	18.60±14.52
601 to 800	0.9±0.4	0.6±0.4	17.0±4.8	45.9±13.2	L(47%)SL(37%)SiL(13%)etc(3%)	4.82±0.42	0.23±0.15	8.07±5.62	0.14±0.12	19.44±10.55
801 to 1,000	0.5±0.2	1.3±1.0	14.8±5.6	43.8±15.8	SL(25%)SiL(25%)etc(50%)	4.86±0.80	0.21±0.11	6.55±5.64	0.13±0.11	20.83±14.81
Total	1.4±0.8	0.9±0.6	16.0±5.7	44.4±11.3	L(29%)SL(33%)SiL(24%)etc(14%)	4.88±0.49	0.17±0.16	7.64±5.75	0.15±0.11	15.90±9.20