In order to reveal the influence mechanism of vegetation restoration on the availability of soil phosphorus (P) in the subtropical regions, China, four kinds of plant community were selected as the study objects in central hilly area of Hunan Province, China, which adjacent to each other, had same environment conditions, and were at different stages of vegetation restoration, and which respectively were: Loropetalum chinense-Vaccinium bracteatum-Rhododendron mariesii scrub-grass-land (LVR), Loropetalum chinense- Cunninghamia lanceolata-Quercus fabri shrubbery (LCQ), Pinus massoniana-Lithocarpu...