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Table 1 The mean (± SE) values of selected soil physical properties as affected by land use types

From: Effects of habitat gradient and agro-climatic variation on selected soil physical and chemical properties in the Bale Mountains national park, south-eastern Ethiopia

Land cover type

Sand (%)

Silt (%)

Clay (%)

Si/Cl

Texture class

BD (g/cm3)

Grassland

55.59 ± 1.67b

27.22 ± 1.21b

17.19 ± 1.12cd

1.63 ± 0.13b

SL

0.65 ± 0.05b

Afro-alpine

53.35 ± 2.13b

27.31 ± 1.29b

19.34 ± 1.05c

1.43 ± 0.07b

SL

0.48 ± 0.04bc

Ericaceous land

58.74 ± 1.02a

35.30 ± 1.15a

5.96 ± 1.01e

7.55 ± 1.39a

SL

0.39 ± 0.04c

Woodland

58.63 ± 1.11a

27.96 ± 1.85b

13.41 ± 1.07d

2.25 ± 0.30b

SL

0.57 ± 0.07b

Coffee forest

53.45 ± 1.16b

21.69 ± 1.26c

24.86 ± 1.42b

0.90 ± 0.09c

SCL

0.88 ± 0.11ab

Moist forest

53.24 ± 2.37b

15.28 ± 1.03d

31.48 ± 1.51a

0.49 ± 0.02d

SCL

0.96 ± 0.14a

Farmland

53.08 ± 1.18b

25.82 ± 0.73b

21.11 ± 1.08c

1.30 ± 0.08b

SCL

0.72 ± 0.08ab

Mean

54.69 ± 0.64

25.80 ± 0.73

19.51 ± 0.93

2.02 ± 0.28

–

0.68 ± 0.04

F

5.10

71.16

51.73

43.88

–

6.51

Sig

*

***

***

***

–

**

  1. Means in each column with the same superscript letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05; SL  sandy loam, SCL sandy clay loam, BD bulk density; ∗∗∗p < 0.001, ∗∗p < 0.01 and ∗p < 0.05