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

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 7 Effect of slope position on microbial biomass carbon (mg kg⁻¹ soil) (Mean ± SEM)

SWC measures	Slope positions
SWC measures	Foot slope	Middle slope	Upper slope
Non-conserved grazing lands	380 ± 70^bc	350 ± 70^b	370 ± 70^bc
Terraces	460 ± 70^abc	450 ± 70^abc	400 ± 70^abc
Exclosures + terraces	550 ± 70^acd	560 ± 70^ad	580 ± 70^ad
Exclosures without terraces	720 ± 70^d	560 ± 70^ad	640 ± 70^d