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

Table 5

SOC and N stocks with reference to different land use types and soil depths.

Variables	Soil depths (cm)	Land uses
		Natural forest (mean ± SD)	Grassland (mean ± SD)	Cultivated land (mean ± SD)
SOC stock (t ha^−1)	0–15	24.13 ± 4.58	16.76 ± 1.80	17.64 ± 2.01
	16–30	20.15 ± 2.77	18.30 ± 1.75	15.32 ± 0.83
	31–45	17.77 ± 1.82	13.58 ± 1.42	13.43 ± 1.40
N stock (t ha^−1)	0–15	4.60 ± 0.61	3.30 ± 0.80	2.91 ± 0.74
	16–30	4.02 ± 0.67	4.01 ± 0.71	2.45 ± 0.62
	31–45	2.78 ± 0.64	2.61 ± 0.74	1.75 ± 0.50