Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Selected Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia

Table 5

Mean values of CEC and exchangeable basic cations as affected by land uses.

Land use	CEC (Meq/100gm)	Ca (Cmol/kg)	Mg (Cmol/kg)	Na (Cmol/kg)	K (Cmol/kg)	TEB	PBS (TEB/CEC ∗ 100)
Forest	36.63^a	15.40^a	8.69^a	0.19^a	4.07^a	28.35^a	77.40
Grazing land	33.07^ab	14.60^a	7.49^ab	0.16^b	3.74^a	25.99^a	79.00
Cultivated outfields	25.40^c	11.13^b	6.41^b	0.12^c	2.45^b	20.11^b	79.20
Homestead	29.13^bc	13.53^a	6.85^b	0.16^b	2.93^a	23.47^a	81.00
Mean	31.06	13.67	7.36	0.16	3.3	24.51	80.78
SE (±)	1.05	0.36	0.3	0.14	0.22	0.941	2.05
F	7.08	8.48	3.47	18.46	9.08	54.35	1.45
Sig			ns				ns

For each column, means having common letters are not significantly different at ; CEC = cation exchange capacity, Ca = exchangeable calcium, Mg = exchangeable magnesium, Na = exchangeable sodium, K = exchangeable potassium, TEB = total exchangeable bases, BS = base saturation, SE = standard error of the mean, and ns = nonsignificant; ; .