Fig 1.
Snow cover reduction and its effect on soil biome.
Table 1.
Snow removal experiments conducted in subalpine and alpine ecosystems.
Fig 2.
Effect of snow cover reduction on biochemical properties of alpine soils in snow removal experiments.
Effects shown as percent of change with 95% confidence intervals. N obs.–number of observations, Ref.–data source references, MBN–microbial nitrogen, * - 95% confidence interval of [0.93%, 4.05%].
Fig 3.
Effect of snow cover reduction on biochemical properties of soils in alpine forests in snow removal experiments.
Effects shown as percent of change with 95% confidence intervals. N obs.–number of observations, Ref.–data source references, DON–dissolves organic nitrogen, * - 95% confidence interval of [-66.65%, 6184,74%].