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

Table 5

Growth performance of tree species in height (cm) across moisture-conserving structures.

Species	Treatment					Grand total
	Control	Half-moon	Mowing	Spot hoeing	Trench
Acacia goetzei	63.51	52.81	40.59	44.02	66.79	57.59 ± 2.08^c
Acacia tortilis	34.18	57.22	—	50.16	71.79	63.40 ± 2.54^b
Combretum molle	22.41	27.25	21.38	26.50	—	24.36 ± 1.19^d
Cordia africana	—	128.80	—	—	72.29	95.83 ± 17.25^a
Grand total	44.15 ± 3.71^c	51.57 ± 2.79^b	32.71 ± 2.72^d	45.26 ± 3.62^bc	69.67 ± 2.62^a	55.65 ± 1.60

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 .