Variation in Soil Organic Carbon under Different Forest Types in Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Nepal

Table 3

Total SOC stock of different forest types at different soil depths.

Soil depth (cm)	SOC stock (t/ha)								Remarks
	Lower mixed hardwood		Chir pine		Upper mixed hardwood		Oak
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Average
0–20	28.9	14.5	25.5	1.5	51.3	33.1	64.6	18.4	42.6
20–40	22.3	16.9	17.7	4.6	27.9	18.3	39.0	9.4	26.7
40–60	11.1	9.3	7.0	2.2	25.1	18.4	45.9	13.3	22.4
Total	62.5		50.8		104.4		149.6