Table 1.

Soil physicochemical variable data of each elevational band. Mean value and standardized deviation are shown for the elevational band with replicate samples

Elevation (m)	Variable
	WC (%)	SOM (%)	pH	TON (mg.g−1)	TOC (mg.g−1)	C/N	P (mg.g−1)	N/P
400	0.069	50.216	5.97	0.164	2.986	18.167	0.025	6.641
500	0.065 ± 0.011	58.375 ± 16.331	4.618 ± 0.593	0.157 ± 0.04	3.177 ± 1.029	19.952 ± 1.924	0.018 ± 0.005	9.257 ± 2.198
600	0.074	75.349	4.78	0.174	3.866	22.252	0.038	4.543
700	0.06	58.793	4.46	0.161	3.064	19.035	0.045	3.589
800	0.071	65.463	4.63	0.17	3.688	21.753	0.03	5.605
900	0.075 ± 0.002	71.217 ± 6.901	4.022 ± 0.068	0.191 ± 0.015	3.942 ± 0.323	20.722 ± 1.694	0.025 ± 0.011	8.811 ± 3.972
1000	0.073	76.931	4.16	0.177	4.139	23.381	0.037	4.743
1100	0.079	87.542	3.91	0.183	4.86	26.6	0.037	4.989
1200	0.078	81.491	4.01	0.155	4.485	28.933	0.018	8.734
1300	0.073 ± 0.007	75.774 ± 12.497	3.888 ± 0.156	0.157 ± 0.022	4.108 ± 0.741	26.145 ± 3.365	0.023 ± 0.012	7.82 ± 2.538
1460	0.084	85.712	3.96	0.199	4.644	23.28	0.042	4.755
1620	0.071 ± 0.012	66.3 ± 10.596	4.02 ± 0.096	0.131 ± 0.022	3.638 ± 0.42	28.008 ± 3.074	0.005 ± 0.005	81.415 ± 115.084
1780	0.027	22.159	3.71	0.031	0.657	21.408	0.009	3.278
1940	0.013 ± 0.004	10.691 ± 4.78	4.082 ± 0.087	0.023 ± 0.012	0.629 ± 0.47	25.608 ± 4.577	0.018 ± 0.032	7.915 ± 7.1
2100	0.011	6.532	4.21	0.012	0.195	16.638	0.002	5.295
2260	0.012 ± 0.004	6.05 ± 4.142	4.498 ± 0.084	0.017 ± 0.014	0.405 ± 0.405	20.521 ± 4.849	0.003 ± 0.001	7.648 ± 5.143

Abbreviations: WC, water content; SOM, soil organic matter; TON, total organic carbon; TOC, total organic nitrogen; P, bioavailable phosphorus; C/N, carbon to nitrogen ratio; C/P, nitrogen to phosphorus ratio