Table 5 Soil pH, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen and carbon to nitrogen ratios in relation to the land use types (mean ± SE)

7.15 (±0.05)

7.18 (±0.09)

7.17 (±0.05)^a

7.16 (±0.07)

6.99 (±0.11)

7.07 (±0.07)^a

7.16 (±0.04)^a

7.08 (±0.07)^a

3.45 (±0.33)

3.06 (±0.21)

3.25 (±0.19)^a

3.12 (±0.24)

2.74 (±0.21)

2.93 (±0.16)^b

3.29 (±0.20)^a

2.90 (±0.15)^b

0.26 (±0.01)

0.25 (±0.01)

0.25 (±0.07)^a

0.24 (±0.007)

0.23 (±0.34)

0.23 (±0.17)^a

0.25 (±0.006)^a

0.24 (±0.17)^a

13.26 (±1.41)

12.24 (±1.11)

12.74 (±0.88)^a

13.03 (±1.04)

11.91 (±1.27)

12.46 (±0.87)^a

13.12 (±0.86)^a

12.1 (±0.87)^a