Soil parameters

Land use/cover change

Elevation categories

crop

grass

forest

lower

middle

upper

Clay (%)

44.75 (1.64)^a

41.85 (2.68)^b

33.46 (3.82)^ab

49.97 (0.62)^a

38.94 (1.97)^b

25.33 (2.20)^c

Silt (%)

28.26 (1.56)^b

35.96 (0.71)^a

29.85 (1.61)^a

27.07 (0.79)^b

28.12 (0.84)^b

41.10 (1.03)^a

Sand (%)

26.98 (1.82)^bc

30.56 (1.73)^b

28.26.14 (2.53)^b

24.82 (0.71)^b

30.25 (2.11)^a

32.00 (2.47)^a

OC (%)

3.72 (0.04)^b

4.09 (0.06)^bc

7.82 (0.03)^a

3.38 (0.02)^a

4.72 (0.05^)a

7.25 (1.33)^b

TN (%)

0.29 (1.09)^b

0.37 (1.18)^a

0.31 (2.24)^a

0.27 (1.20)^a

0.32 (0.74)^a

0.44 (2.16) ^a

Av.P (%)

8.58 (1.00)^b

5.56 (0.49)^b

7.08 (1.20)^a

11.94 (1.00)^a

6.59 (0.86)^a

8.49 (1.34)^a