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Table 1 Soil pH and textural class of the land use and land cover types considered for the study

From: Susceptibility of soil to wind erosion in arid area of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Land use

pH

% sand

% silt

% clay

Textural class

TLCL

7.5 (0.1)a

58.3 (0.8)a

28.1 (0.8)a

13.7 (0.6)a

Sandy loam

MPL

7.0 (0.1)a

53.5 (0.6)b

30.8 (1.6)a

16.3 (1.0)a

Sandy loam

PWL

7.1 (0.1)a

54.3 (0.3)b

31.3 (0.6)a

14.0 (0.6)a

Sandy loam

PAF

7.0 (0.1)a

58.3 (0.5)a

27.5 (0.9)a

14.3 (0.6)a

Sandy loam

  1. Values indicated by different letters across the land uses, along the column, are statistically different (p < 0.001). Numbers in the parenthesis are standard errors (n = 3). PWL = protected woodland, MPL = managed pastureland, PAF = parkland agroforestry, TLCL = treeless cropland
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