To clarify soil stoichiometric characteristics of different age-group Chinese fir plantations, young, half mature, near mature, mature and over mature Chinese fir plantations with similar site condition were selected in Jindong forest farm of Hunan Province. Three sample plots of 20m×30m were set up in each of these different age-group plantations and soil samples were collected from 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60cm depths, respectively, with S-shaped sampling method (5 sampling points) in each plot. The contents of soil organic carbon (SOC), to...