Effect of Soil Management Practices on Soil Physico-Chemical Properties: A Case of Wera Sub-Watershed, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Pearson correlation matrix for the selected soil properties in the study area.

	BD	Sand	Silt	Clay	Av.P	TN	CEC	pH	OC
BD	1.00
Sand	0.05^n	1.00
Silt	0.37	0.02^n	1.00
Clay	−0.24	−0.60	−0.66	1.00
Av.P	−0.47	0.00	−0.21	0.17	1.00
TN	−0.30	−0.17^n	−0.23	0.32	0.47	1.00
CEC	−0.16^n	−0.71	−0.06^n	0.60	0.39	0.34	1.00
pH	−0.04^n	0.17^n	−0.30	0.35	0.04^n	0.41	0.05^n	1.00
OC	−0.31	−0.16^n	−0.30	0.37	0.44	0.99	0.36	−0.40	1.00

-stands for significant, n-stands for not significant. BD stands for bulk density, Av.P stands for available phosphorus, TN stands for total nitrogen, CEC stands for cation exchange capacity, pH stands for potential for hydrogen, and OC stands for organic carbon.