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 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 |
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