Study of the Soil Seed Bank Composition in Arjo-Diga Humid Afromontane Forest under Different Land Use Types and Its Implications for the Restoration of Degraded Lands in Western Ethiopia
Table 8
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a significant difference in species composition between land use types (of soil seed bank) and standing species (significance at ).
Multiple mean comparison
Number of species in above and below ground composition per land use types
Tukey HSD
Species in seed bank (belowground)
Compared with
Mean
Sig.
Shrubland
Shrubland above
2.542
0.089
Forestland above
3.375
0.024
Forestland below
4.771
0.002
Grassland above
3.313
0.027
Grassland below
1.792
0.231
Grassland
Grassland above
−1.521
0.309
Forestland below
1.458
0.329
Shrubland above
−1.083
0.468
Shrubland below
3.313
0.027
Forestland above
2.979
0.047
Forestland
Forestland above
−1.396
0.350
Shrubland above
2.542
0.001
Shrubland below
−4,771
0.002
Grassland above
−1.458
0.329
Grassland below
−2.979
0.047
The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.
