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

Table 4

Effect of land use/cover change on selected physicochemical properties.

Depth (cm)	Land use	Landscape position	Clay	Silt	OM	N	Av.P	BD	Ca	K	Mg	Na	pH
			%				ppm	Mg/m^3	Cmol (p+)/kg
0–15	Forest	Back slope	14.67	12.67	6.42	0.27	3.70	1.69	6.43	0.26	1.67	0.05	4.30
		Foot slope	16.67	14.67	6.54	0.24	3.00	1.65	12.97	0.16	2.85	0.04	5.13
	Tea	Back slope	17.33	14.00	7.07	0.29	28.10	1.55	1.23	0.40	0.34	0.05	3.30
		Foot slope	29.33	12.00	7.33	0.32	12.90	1.39	3.37	0.18	0.99	0.04	3.77
	Eucalyptus	Back slope	34.67	16.00	4.75	0.25	15.50	1.53	11.53	0.34	2.32	0.04	5.53
		Foot slope	37.33	16.00	5.19	0.22	7.00	1.26	7.13	0.34	1.68	0.05	4.73
15–30 cm	Forest	Back slope	19.33	14.00	5.96	0.30	2.90	1.36	6.00	0.12	2.24	0.03	4.30
		Foot slope	27.33	16.00	5.89	0.23	3.70	1.52	9.27	0.16	2.16	0.05	5.10
	Tea	Back slope	24.00	13.33	6.62	0.26	26.60	1.19	3.77	0.28	0.90	0.04	3.63
		Foot slope	30.00	20.00	5.66	0.25	12.20	1.17	3.33	0.16	1.13	0.04	3.80
	Eucalyptus	Back slope	30.00	25.33	5.81	0.25	16.60	1.27	7.90	0.32	2.06	0.04	5.37
		Foot slope	32.00	24.00	4.71	0.27	7.40	1.17	3.20	0.33	1.08	0.20	4.40
Land use (LSD0.05)			5.00	4.95	1.08	ns	5.31	0.15	2.41	ns	0.43	ns	0.41
Landscape (LSD0.05)			4.08	ns	ns	ns	4.33	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Depth (LSD0.05)			ns	4.04	ns	ns	ns	0.12	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Land use*LP(LSD0.05)			ns	ns	ns	ns	7.51	ns	3.40	ns	0.60	ns	0.58