Table 1.

Description of soil physicochemical parameters among three elevational gradients.

Parameters	HGE	MGE	LGE
pH	5.85 ± 0.04b	5.86 ± 0.07b	6.32 ± 0.14a
ST (°C)	12.39 ± 0.23c	15.02 ± 0.23b	18.12 ± 0.46a
SWC (%)	37.53 ± 1.86a	42.61 ± 2.07a	25.57 ± 3.52b
EC (us/cm)	130.27 ± 10.22a	97.50 ± 5.76b	96.92 ± 10.33b
TN (%)	0.52 ± 0.02b	0.63 ± 0.05a	0.45 ± 0.03b
TC (%)	5.65 ± 0.22b	8.07 ± 0.41a	6.01 ± 0.27b
C/N ratio	10.86 ± 0.17b	13.41 ± 0.98a	13.62 ± 0.50a
SOC (g/kg)	41.68 ± 0.98a	38.95 ± 1.31a	38.51 ± 1.50a
${\text{NH}}_4^{+}$-N (g/kg)	48.1 ± 2.72b	70.99 ± 2.40a	49.8 ± 3.04b
${\text{NO}}_3^{-}$-N (g/kg)	4.40 ± 0.16c	5.27 ± 0.42b	6.56 ± 0.40a
${\text{NO}}_2^{-}$-N (g/kg)	1.48 ± 0.04a	1.47 ± 0.07a	1.48 ± 0.10a

Values are the means (±Standard error). Different letters represent significant differences in P < 0.05 level between different samples. HEG, High elevational gradient; MEG medium elevational gradient; LEG, low elevational gradients.