Effects of land use change on soil physicochemical properties in selected areas in the North West region of Cameroon

Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 Summary of ANOVA for BD, MC, and particle size distribution in relation to land use and elevation

Source of variations	df	BD		MC		Clay		Silt		Sand
Source of variations	df	MS	P	MS	P	MS	P	MS	P	MS	P
Land use (LU)	5	0.485	0.000	23.725	0.000	17.158	0.023	37.487	0.391	20.638	0.689
Elevation (E)	2	0.653	0.000	71.025	0.000	10.801	0.181	111.44	0.049	55.171	0.197
LU * E	8	0.113	0.000	4.987	0.034	9.176	0.16	124.66	0.002	102.48	0.005
Error	80	0.019		2.246		6.177		35.486		33.329