Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics and Properties of Soils under Different Land Uses in the Tejibara Watershed, Ethiopia

Table 5

Main effects of land use and soil depth on selected physical properties of the soils.

Land use type	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	STC	BD (g/cm^3)	SMC
Natural forest	45.1^a	39.6^a	15.3^c	Loam	1.0^c	25.5^a
Eucalyptus plantation	33.4^b	35.6^ab	31.0^a	Clay loam	1.4^b	19.2^bc
Grazing	45.8^a	33.6^b	20.6^bc	Loam	1.4^b	17.7^c
Cultivated	37.1^ab	40.3^a	22.6^b	Loam	1.5^a	23.6^ab
LSD (0.05)	11.4	5.1	7.3		0.1	5.4
CV (%)	22.7	10.9	26.3		8.4	20.3
Soil depth
0–20 cm	43.1	36.6	20.3	Loam	1.2^b	19.9
20–40 cm	37.6	37.9	24.5	Loam	1.4^c	23.2
LSD (0.05)	NS	NS	NS		0.10	NS
CV (%)	22.7	10.9	26.3		8.4	20.3

Main effect means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other at . CV = coefficient of variation; LSD = least significant difference; NS = not significant; STC = soil textural class; BD = bulk density; SMC = soil moisture content.