Effects of landscape positions on soil physicochemical properties at Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 Interaction effects of landscape positions and land use types on particle sizes distribution and bulk density (mean ± SE)

Soil property	Landscape	Land use types			Total
Soil property	Position	Cultivated land	Grazing land	Forest	Total
Sand	Lower	32.67 ± 0.333	30.03 ± 1.856	21.00 ± 0.577	27.9 ± 1.795^a
	Medium	41.67 ± 3.383	30.31 ± 0.577	26 ± 0.882	32.66 ± 2.528^abc
	Upper	46.00 ± 0.577	36.00 ± 0.577	35.25 ± 0.577	39.08 ± 2.021^bc
	Total	40.78 ± 2.437^a	32.11 ± 1.303b^c	27.78 ± 2.222^c
Silt	Lower	32. 00a ± 0.577	33.63 ± 0.577	36.00 ± 1.155	33.87 ± 1.167^a
	Medium	30.70 ± 0.000	34.38 ± 0.577	35.00 ± 1.202	33.36 ± 0.747^abc
	Upper	30.00 ± 0.000	32.33 ± 0.333	33.04 ± 0.333	31.79 ± 2.638^c
	Total	30.9 ± 0.745^a	33.00 ± 0.878^b	35.078 ± 0.645^c
Clay	Lower	35.33 ± 0.882	36.34 ± 0.882	44.00 ± 1.528	38.55 ± 2.242^a
	Medium	27.67 ± 3.180	35.31b ± 0.000	39.00 ± 0.577	33.99 ± 1.904^abc
	Upper	24.00 ± 0.577	31.67 ± 0.882	31.71 ± 0.000	29.12 ± 1.341^c
	Total	29.00 ± 1.929^ab	33.78 ± 0.641^bc	39.67 ± 2.363^c
Bulk density	Lower	1.52 ± 0.333	1.28 ± 0.000	1.11 ± 0.005	1.30 ± 0.000^a
	Medium	1.57 ± 0.025	1.32 ± 0.092	1.13 ± 0.005	1.34 ± 0.167^abc
	Upper	1.72 ± 0.015	1.38 ± 0.010	1.21 ± 0.020	1.44 ± 0.167^c
	Total	1.60 ± 0.167^ab	1.33 ± 0.167^bc	1.15 ± 0.000^c

Means in the same row for land use and in the same column for landscape position followed by the similar letters are not significantly different at (p = 0.05)