Abstract
Understanding the relationship between soil nutrients and the composition of plant species is critical to understanding the forest community and its structure. Because information on restoring degraded forest ecosystems in the Aravalli Mountain range is limited, soil nutrient dynamics are critical for management implications. We analyzed the nutrient dynamics of selected native (Vachellia leucophloea, Ficus religiosa, and Millettia pinnata) and exotic tree species (Prosopis juliflora, Albizia lebbeck, Cassia fistula, and Azadirachta indica) across different seasons in the semi-arid forest of the Aravalli mountains. Soil nutrients across different seasons and tree species varied significantly (P<.01). The seasonal variation in soil nutrients was primarily caused by increased microbe activity following the monsoon season, resulting in depleted soil nutrients during the monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. The current findings would aid in the long-term restoration of the degraded forest area by allowing the selection of appropriate tree species for plantation.
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