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Table 6 Interaction effects of landscape positions and land use types on soil properties (mean ± SE)

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

Soil property

Landscape

Land use types

Total

Position

Cultivated land

Grazing land

Forest

pH (H2O)

Lower

5.51 ± 0.008

5.64 ± 0.020

6.37 ± 0.023

5.84 ± 0.134a

Medium

5.42 ± 0.012

5.59 ± 0.038

6.00 ± 0.271

5.67 ± 0.117abc

Upper

5.32 ± 0.017

5.32 ± 0.020

5.92 ± 0.014

5.39 ± 0.088c

Total

5.35 ± 0.058a

5.52 ± 0.051abc

6.03 ± 0.123c

SOC

Lower

0.52 ± 0.005

2.63 ± 0.005

3.05 ± 0.044

2.06 ± 0.392a

Medium

0.49 ± 0.008

1.62 ± 0.021

1.77 ± 0.008

1.63 ± 0.041abc

Upper

1.42 ± 0.012

0.59 ± 0.008

1.60 ± 0.005

0.87 ± 0.183c

Total

0.81 ± 0.170a

1.61 ± 0.888bc

2.14 ± 0.230c

Total nitrogen

Lower

0.13 ± 0.003

0.17 ± 0.003

0.21 ± 0.003

0.17 ± 0.012a

Medium

0.11 ± 0.003

0.15 ± 0.003

0.19 ± 0.006

0.15 ± 0.011a

Upper

0.09 ± 0.006

0.11 ± 0.005

0.15 ± 0.008

0.12 ± .009a

Total

0.11 ± 0.005a

0.14 ± 0.009a

0.18 ± 0.009a

C/N ratio

Lower

12.51 ± 0.005

13.45 ± 0.008

15.94 ± 0.172

13.97 ± 0.514a

Medium

10.25 ± 0.008

11.12 ± 0.008

11.89 ± 0.371

11.09 ± 0.260bc

Upper

10.13 ± 0.005

10.25 ± 0.011

11.58 ± 0.502

10.65 ± 0.274c

Total

10.96 ± 0.386a

11.61 ± 0.478ab

13.14 ± 0.726c

AP

Lower

9.61 ± 0.005

12.60 ± 0.005

15.19 ± 0.005

12.46 ± 0.806a

Medium

7.54 ± 0.007

10.14 ± 0.005

12.36 ± 0.005

10.01 ± 0.696bc

Upper

7.32 ± 0.005

9.78 ± 0.005

11.47 ± 0.005

9.52 ± 0.602c

Total

8.15 ± 0.364a

10.84 ± 0.443bc

13.00 ± 0.26c

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