Research Article

Selection of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies and Native Tree Species for Rehabilitation of Degraded Arid Lands in Southeast Ethiopia

Table 2

Survival of planting seedlings under different treatments.

SpeciesStructureGrand mean
ControlHalf-moonMowingSpot hoeingTrench

Acacia goetzei35.0056.0030.6722.6770.6742.99 ± 8.81ab
Acacia tortilis16.0086.0024.0090.6758.22 ± 12.38a
Combretum molle16.6756.0024.334.0024.22 ± 7.34b
Cordia africana10.0014.004.00 ± 1.91c
Grand mean18.69 ± 7.46b52.44 ± 12.48a17.50 ± 8.48b12.40 ± 5.54b64.00 ± 11.49a31.89 ± 5.01

Note. Similar letter in the last row and last column shows no significant difference and different letters indicate significant difference between moisture harvesting structures and species, respectively, at .