Research Article

Land Cover and Soil Properties Influence on Forage Quantity in a Semiarid Region in East Africa

Table 6

Effects of land cover type on physical and chemical soil properties at 15–30 cm depth.

SeasonLand use typeSandClaySiltSOMTNExch. KCaMgNapH
%ppmCmol/Kg

DryGrassland58.328.015.81.80.21.20.74.61.11.48.3
Thickets and shrubs54.629.915.41.30.12.10.53.91.01.48.0
Woodlands76.416.113.81.40.14.70.51.50.30.26.9

WetGrassland56.929.715.81.10.10.60.730.84.31.07.9
Thickets and shrubs56.028.518.00.90.11.00.520.73.61.58.0
Woodlands56.927.020.41.20.12.30.617.92.91.37.3

Land cover ()0.0040.02Ns0.042Ns0.030.050.0490.048Ns0.003
Season ()0.02NsNs0.0020.003NsNs<.001<.001NsNs