Table 7: The effect of Eucalyptus plantation on soil organic matter and total nitrogen at different distance and direction.
|
Parameters |
Directions |
Distance (m) from the woodlot |
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|
Center |
5m |
10m |
15m |
40m |
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|
Soil organic matter (%) |
East |
6.42a |
3.50b |
3.45b |
2.82b |
2.89b |
|
West |
6.42a |
2.46b |
2.47b |
2.56b |
2.33b |
|
|
North |
6.42a |
3.52b |
3.01b |
2.73b |
3.27b |
|
|
South |
6.42a |
3.57b |
2.96b |
2.82b |
2.79b |
|
|
CV (%) |
38.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LSD 0.05 |
2.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soil total nitrogen (%) |
East |
0.32a |
0.17b |
0.17b |
0.14b |
0.14b |
|
West |
0.32a |
0.12b |
0.12b |
0.12b |
0.11b |
|
|
North |
0.32a |
0.18b |
0.15b |
0.12b |
0.16b |
|
|
South |
0.32a |
0.18b |
0.15b |
0.14b |
0.14b |
|
|
CV (%) |
40.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LSD 0.05 |
0.14 |
|
|
|
|
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Note: column refers along a direction and rows refer distance with the same letters are not significantly different at p < 0.05; 'a' letter represents significance comparison between distances and 'b' represent between directions