AUTHOR=Guo Xinyu , Yang Guang , Ma Yunxia , Qiao Shi , Chen Haoyu , Liu Feng , Ma Shuai TITLE=Effect of plant spacing on the soil properties and fertility of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantations in sandy land of the agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Science VOLUME=13 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1477459 DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2025.1477459 ISSN=2296-665X