Research Article

Impact of Land Use Types on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks: A Study from the Lal Bakaiya Watershed in Central Nepal

Table 1

Bulk density with respect to different land use types and soil depths.

VariableSoil depths (cm)Land uses
Natural forest (mean ± SD)Grassland (mean ± SD)Cultivated land (mean ± SD)

Bulk density (g cm−3)0–151.14 ± 0.111.20 ± 0.081.21 ± 0.09
16–301.22 ± 0.101.28 ± 0.051.33 ± 0.08
31–451.30 ± 0.601.35 ± 0.061.42 ± 0.07