Table 2 The effect of land use systems and slope classes on selected soil chemical properties

Land use type

Natural forest

6.05^a

0.23^a

4.40^b

5.01^a

35.44^a

Crop land

5.44^c

0.12^d

6.18^a

2.57^d

26.08^c

Plantation forest

5.68^b

0.17^b

2.56^c

3.48^b

27.89^c

Grazing land

5.65^b

0.15^c

1.33^d

2.98^c

31.97^b

Slope class

Upper (28%)

5.58^b

0.14^c

3.16^b

2.65^c

27.36^c

Middle (18%)

5.72^a

0.17^b

2.39^c

3.39^b

30.58^b

Lower (8%)

5.80^b

0.19^a

5.30^a

4.49^a

33.09^a