Environmental Systems Research

Table 3 Soil bulk density and soil moisture content in relation to the land use types and soil depths (mean ± SE)

From: Soil property variations in relation to exclosure and open grazing land use types in the Central Rift Valley area of Ethiopia

Variables	Depth (cm)	Land use		Overall
Variables	Depth (cm)	Exclosure	Grazing land	Overall
Bd (g/cm³)	0–10	1.23 (±0.03)	1.25 (±0.02)	1.24 (±0.01)^a
	10–20	1.25 (±0.03)	1.28 (±0.02)	1.26 (±0.01)^a
	Overall	1.24 (±0.02)^a	1.27 (±0.01)^a
SMC (%)	0–10	3.01 (±0.09)	2.91 (±0.24)	2.96 (±0.13)^a
	10–20	5.04 (±0.19)	4.49 (±0.31)	4.77 (±0.19)^b
	Overall	4.03 (±0.23)^a	3.70 (±0.25)^a

Overall means followed by the same letter(s) across columns and rows were not significantly different (p = 0.05) with respect to land uses at each soil depths
Bd bulk density, SMC soil moisture content

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