Research Article
Land Cover and Soil Properties Influence on Forage Quantity in a Semiarid Region in East Africa
Table 2
Relationship between soil properties and forage quantity in grasslands.
| | Biomass (kg/ha) | N | SOM | K | P (ppm) | Na | Mg | pH | % clay | % sand |
| Biomass (kg/ha) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | N | −0.486 | 1 | | | | | | | | | SOM | −0.375 | 0.509 | 1 | | | | | | | | K | −0.603 | 0.241 | 0.442 | 1 | | | | | | | P (ppm) | 0.077 | 0.5 | 0.112 | −0.219 | 1 | | | | | | Na | −0.204 | 0.233 | 0.49 | −0.005 | 0.07 | 1 | | | | | Mg | 0.536 | −0.571 | −0.205 | −0.158 | −0.265 | 0.14 | 1 | | | | pH | −0.134 | 0.106 | 0.009 | −0.014 | −0.466 | 0.055 | 0.146 | 1 | | | % clay | −0.263 | −0.038 | −0.403 | 0.32 | −0.337 | 0.032 | −0.135 | −0.085 | 1 | | % sand | 0.158 | 0.064 | 0.438 | −0.173 | 0.431 | 0.039 | 0.208 | −0.095 | −0.938 | 1 |
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