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

Tellen, Valentine Asong; Yerima, Bernard P. K.

doi:10.1186/s40068-018-0106-0

Environmental Systems Research

Table 7 Mean (± SD) of soil EC, exchangeable cations and CEC in the 0–15 cm soil layer across different land use/landcover systems and altitudes

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

Soil property	Altitude	Land use types
Soil property	Altitude	Virgin forest	Virgin savana	Farming	Park afforestation	Grazing land	Eucalyptus forest	ANOVA
Ex. Na⁺ (cmol (+)/kg Soil)	High (> 1500 m)	1.05 ± 0.17	0.65 ± 0.06	1.01 ± 0.51		0.67 ± 0.29	0.70 ± 0.21	Ns
	Mid (900–1500 m)	0.65 ± 0.33	0.65 ± 0.29	0.68 ± 0.23	0.67 ± 0.29	0.88 ± 0.06	0.86 ± 0.44	Ns
	Low (< 900 m)	0.85 ± 0.52	0.70 ± 0.00	0.68 ± 0.35		0.88 ± 0.21	0.58 ± 0.35	Ns
	Total	0.85 ± 0.38	0.67 ± 0.16	0.77 ± 0.38	0.67 ± 0.29	0.70 ± 0.29	0.74 ± 0.35
Ex. K⁺ (cmol (+)/kg Soil)	High (> 1500 m)	4.00 ± 0.23	1.05 ± 0.64	2.94 ± 1.82		0.74 ± 0.22	1.40 ± 1.40	*
	Mid (900–1500 m)	1.75 ± 1.57	0.25 ± 0.17	1.05 ± 0.46	0.45 ± 0.24	0.65 ± 0.30	1.04 ± 0.79	Ns
	Low (< 900 m)	1.90 ± 0.35	3.10 ± 0.00	2.49 ± 3.08		1.83 ± 1.59	2.43 ± 2.02	Ns
	Total	2.55 ± 1.37	1.47 ± 1.30	2.00 ± 2.04	0.45 ± 0.24	1.18 ± 1.04	1.46 ± 1.37
Ex. Ca²⁺ (cmol (+)/kg Soil)	High (> 1500 m)	8.25 ± 0.17	2.00 ± 0.60	6.00 ± 3.24		2.00 ± 0.60	2.93 ± 2.87	*
	Mid (900–1500 m)	3.68 ± 2.79	0.80 ± 0.12	1.80 ± 0.79	1.28 ± 0.63	2.18 ± 1.69	2.20 ± 1.59	Ns
	Low (< 900 m)	2.85 ± 0.29	8.50 ± 0.00	3.63 ± 3.64		4.50 ± 3.54	4.98 ± 4.84	Ns
	Total	4.93 ± 2.88	3.77 ± 3.55	3.52 ± 3.09	1.28 ± 0.63	2.89 ± 2.39	3.05 ± 2.96
Ex. Mg²⁺ (cmol (+)/kg Soil)	High (> 1500 m)	3.35 ± 0.17	0.93 ± 0.55	2.69 ± 1.63		0.93 ± 0.55	1.23 ± 1.20
	Mid (900–1500 m)	1.60 ± 1.44	0.25 ± 0.17	0.98 ± 0.42	0.43 ± 0.21	0.60 ± 0.24	0.94 ± 0.20
	Low (< 900 m)	1.70 ± 0.35	2.90 ± 0.00	2.36 ± 2.91		1.73 ± 1.46	2.28 ± 1.86
	Total	2.22 ± 1.15	1.36 ± 1.21	1.86 ± 1.89	0.43 ± 0.21	1.08 ± 0.97	1.32 ± 1.23
EC	High (> 1500 m)	0.18 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.02		0.07 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.03	*
	Mid (900–1500 m)	0.17 ± 0.03	0.08 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.00	0.07 ± 0.03	*
	Low (< 900 m)	0.12 ± 0.06	0.06 ± 0.00	0.07 ± 0.04		0.07 ± 0.05	0.06 ± 0.01	*
	Total	0.16 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.03	0.07 ± 0.02
CEC (cmol (+)/kg Soil)	High (> 1500 m)	16.3 ± 5.32	23.1 ± 10.9	19.4 ± 12.6		23.1 ± 10.9	17.6 ± 6.78	Ns
	Mid (900–1500 m)	25.8 ± 14.2	22.8 ± 9.06	22.8 ± 6.88	19.7 ± 7.38	20.7 ± 1.79	24.7 ± 9.6	Ns
	Low (< 900 m)	24.0 ± 12.2	34.1 ± 0.00	17.7 ± 8.30		19.6 ± 11.5	22.5 ± 7.44	*
	Total	22.0 ± 11.1	26.7 ± 9.21	20.4 ± 9.11	19.7 ± 7.38	21.1 ± 8.49	21.4 ± 8.43

Means in the same row followed by the same letters are not significantly different at 1% significance
Ns non significance, MC moisture content, BD Bulk density
* Significant at P < 0.01

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