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	1.2±0.8	0.6±0.5	15.2±4.9	49.5±15.8	L*(60%)*SL(10%)SiL(20%)etc(10%)	4.63±0.16	0.16±0.1	8.26±3.9	0.13±0.08	16.5±4.01
201 to 400	1.5±1.0	0.5±0.4	14.1±3.8	43.9±8.8	L(43%)SL(37%)SiL(11%)etc(9%)	4.73±0.33	0.25±0.14	8.51±6.64	0.14±0.1	18.66±5.54
401 to 600	1.5±1.2	0.6±0.5	16.4±5.9	44.1±12.2	L(30%)SL(32%)SiL(34%)etc(4%)	4.72±0.41	0.28±0.22	7.77±7.07	0.2±0.12	18.41±7.6
601 to 800	1.5±1.1	0.7±0.5	17.1±6.4	46.3±11.1	L(18%)SL(27%)SiL(50%)etc(5%)	4.84±0.39	0.29±0.2	6.34±5.79	0.16±0.11	21.07±8.49
801 to 1,000	1.4±0.9	0.6±0.5	15.2±4.7	46.8±9.8	L(41%)SL(10%)SiL(38%)etc(11%)	4.62±0.38	0.39±0.31	6.7±9.89	0.17±0.11	23.13±11.35
> 1,000	1.1±0.9	0.7±0.5	13.1±4.3	43.1±9.5	L(29%)SL(14%)SiL(43%)etc(14%)	4.44±0.19	0.31±0.31	5.62±6.03	0.22±0.18	18.76±12.91
Total	1.4±1.0	0.6±0.5	15.6±5.4	45.2±11.0	L(33%)SL(26%)SiL(34%)etc(7%)	4.71±0.37	0.29±0.22	7.26±6.97	0.17±0.12	19.81±8.54

L, SL and SiL indicate loam, sand loam and silt loam, respectively.