Table 2 Water holding capacity (WHC), SOC, total N and soil C/N ratio of a rangeland soil grazed by 0, 8, 16, and 24 sheep ha−1 in a two year grazing experiment from 2014–2015 on a summer pasture in the Chinese Altai Mountains, Qinghe, China.
Stocking density | WHC | SOC | Total N | Soil C/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
sheep ha−1 | % | mg g−1 soil | ||
0 | 77.4 | 38.7 | 3.57 | 10.4 |
8 | 79.1 | 39.2 | 3.73 | 10.5 |
16 | 75.5 | 37.6 | 3.62 | 10.3 |
24 | 75.1 | 37.4 | 3.59 | 10.4 |
CV (%) | 4.4 | 13.5 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
p-value stocking density | 0.36 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.37 |
p-value block | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.57 |
