SWC measures | Soil parameter | Slope positions | ||
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Foot slope | Middle slope | Upper slope | ||
Non-conserved grazing lands | SOC (%) | 1.9 ± 0.1c | 2.1 ± 0.1ce | 1.7 ± 0.1c |
Bulk density (kg m−3) | 1199 ± 40bcd | 1310 ± 40ad | 1315 ± 40a | |
SOC stock (Mg ha−1) | 18 ± 2ac | 15 ± 2c | 15 ± 2c | |
Terraces | SOC (%) | 2.6 ± 0.1abd | 2.4 ± 0.1bd | 2.4 ± 0.1de |
Bulk density(kg m−3) | 1262.9 ± 40abcd | 1276.6 ± 40acd | 1240.8 ± 40abcd | |
SOC stock (Mg ha−1) | 22 ± 2ab | 20 ± 2ac | 22 ± 2ab | |
Exclosures + terraces | SOC (%) | 2.9 ± 0.1a | 2.8 ± 0.1a | 2.9 ± 0.1a |
Bulk density(kg m−3) | 1218 ± 40abcd | 1233 ± 40abcd | 1231 ± 40abcd | |
SOC stock (Mg ha−1) | 31 ± 2de | 26 ± 2bde | 30 ± 2e | |
Exclosures alone | SOC (%) | 2.7 ± 0.1a | 2.7 ± 0.1ab | 2.8 ± 0.1ab |
Bulk density (kg m−3) | 1315 ± 40a | 1162 ± 40b | 1184 ± 40bc | |
SOC stock (Mg ha−1) | 25 ± 2bd | 22 ± 2ab | 23 ± 2ab |