Exclosures backed up with community-based soil and water conservation practices increased soil organic carbon stock and microbial biomass carbon distribution, in the northern highlands of Ethiopia

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Table 6 Effect of community-based SWC measures on total values of MBC and MBC/SOC ratio (Mean ± SEM)

SWC measures	MBC (mg kg⁻¹ soil)	MBC/SOC (%)
Non-conserved grazing lands	370 ± 10^b	1.9 ± 0.1^a
Terraces	440 ± 30^b	1.8 ± 0.2^a
Exclosures with terraces	570 ± 40^a	2.1 ± 0.1^a
Exclosures without terraces	640 ± 50^a	2.3 ± 0.2^a

Means followed by the same letter across each row do not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05