Table 5: The effect of Eucalyptus plantation on soil pH at different distances and directions.

Parameter

Directions

Distance(m) from the woodlot

Center

5

10

15

40

pH

East

5.28a

5.68b

5.84b

5.67b

5.59b

West

5.28a

5.69b

5.58b

5.63b

5.68b

North

5.28a

5.50b

5.54b

5.39b

5.37b

South

5.28a

5.79b

5.67b

5.45b

5.51b

 

CV (%)

5.01

LSD 0.05

0.38

Note: Column refers along a direction and rows refer distance with the same letters are not significantly different at p < 0.05; the first letter represents significance comparison between distances and b represent between directions.