The Effect of Land Cover Change on Soil Properties around Kibale National Park in South Western Uganda

Table 2

Mean ± SD of selected soil (0–15 cm) physical and chemical properties in the three land uses.

Soil properties	Land use/cover			P <  .05
	Natural forest	Tea	Eucalyptus
pH	4.72 ± 0.55^a	3.53 ± 0.41^b	5.13 ± 0.61^c	<  .001
SOM (%)	6.48 ± 0.56^a	7.20 ± 1.15^b	4.97 ± 0.45^c	.002
Total N (%)	0.26 ± 0.07	0.31 ± 0.05	0.24 ± 0.04	Ns
Av. P (ppm)	3.32 ± 0.99^a	20.50 ± 9.52^b	11.30 ± 10.03^a	.004
Ca (cmol(p+)/kg)	9.70 ± 4.18^a	2.30 ± 1.90^b	9.30 ± 5.20^a	.010
Mg (cmol(p+)/kg)	2.26 ± 0.80^a	0.66 ± 0.74^b	2.00 ± 0.55^a	<  .001
K (cmol(p+)/kg)	0.21 ± 0.15	0.29 ± 0.19	0.34 ± 0.20	Ns
Na (cmol(p+)/Kg)	0.04 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01	Ns
Bulk density (g/cm^3)	0.72 ± 0.05^a	1.18 ± 0.08^b	1.22 ± 0.08^b	.018
Ksat (cm/hr)	21.90 ± 24.35	19.03 ± 14.78	14.86 ± 17.84	Ns
Clay (%)	15.67 ± 4.46^a	23.33 ± 7.55^b	36.00 ± 3.35^c	<  .001
Silt (%)	13.67 ± 2.94	13.00 ± 3.03	16.00 ± 2.53	Ns
Textural class	Sandy Loam	Sandy clay Loam	Sandy Clay

Values followed by the same letters in a row are not significantly different at P <  .05; n.s.: not significant.