Impact of Different Land-Use Systems on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Macrofauna Abundance in the Humid Tropics of Cameroon

Table 2

pH, sand, silt, and clay properties in different land-use systems.

Land use	pH	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	Textural class range
RP	5.66 (0.18)a	3.51 (1.21)bc	39.14 (3.35)b	57.34 (2.70)b	Clay-silty clay
PP	4.90 (0.04)b	8.44 (0.10)ab	18.76 (0.65)c	72.80 (0.74)a	Clay
SP	5.33 (0.02)a	10.35 (0.37)a	63.25 (2.39)a	26.74 9 (1.98)c	Silt loam-silty clay loam
SF	5.32 (0.01)a	3.12 (1.02)c	72.00 (1.95)a	25.24 (2.74)c	Silt loam-silty clay loam
BP	5.68 (0.07)a	5.68 (1.80)abc	33.77 (4.82)b	60.35 (5.97)ab	Clay-silty clay

Mean values with standard errors within the parenthesis. Column entries followed by the same letters are not significantly different at . RP, rubber plantation; PP, oil palm plantation; SP, sugarcane plantation; SF, secondary forest; BP, banana plantation (all the plantations are monocultures).