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Table 1 Mean of biophysical conditions of the runoff plots

From: Effect of Eucalyptus expansion on surface runoff in the central highlands of Ethiopia

LULC types

Moisture content (%)

EC (μS/m)

Soil temp. (°C)

Slope degree (°)

Stone cover (cm)

Ground cover (count)

Crown cover

Weed

Stubble

Organic residues

%

Cultivated land

(9.6 ± 1.4)a

(0.9 ± 0.1)a

26.7 ± 0.9

9.0 ± 0.6

5.6 ± 4.7

(75.5 ± 6.8)a

301.25 ± 35.8

(4.8 ± 2.5)b

Grassland

(16.2 ± .2)b

(1.6 ± 0.1)b

24.9 ± 1.0

10.5 ± 0.8

(32.8 ± 2.7)b

(14.2 ± 6.3)b

Eucalyptus

(14.1 ± .2)b

(1.3 ± 0.1)a

25.5 ± 1.0

9.5 ± 0.9

14.7 ± 7.4

(86.5 ± 18.2)a

(385.0 ± 100.7)a

48.0 ± 4.1

LSD (5%)

4.1

0.3

3.2

2.5

16.1

36.4

66.3

186.3

7.5

  1. Different letters represent the comparisons are significantly different at p < 0.05 least significant difference test