Ecological Processes

Table 5 AMF spore density (100 g⁻¹ of dry soil) across foot, middle, and upper slope position

From: Exclosures restored the density and root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Slope	Gigaspora	Scutellospora	Glomus	Sclerocystis	Acaulospora	Entrophospora	Sum
Foot	192.3 ± 8.2a	109.2 ± 4.8a	2578.0 ± 66.0a	0.006 ± 0.01a	1747.6 ± 45.6a	22.8 ± 1.8a	4650.1 ± 122.9a
Middle	133.8 ± 9.0b	60.3 ± 5.2b	1491.4 ± 72.1b	0.021 ± 0.01a	947.4 ± 49.9b	14.2 ± 1.9b	2647.3 ± 134.3b
Upper	96.8 ± 9.2c	42.8 ± 5.4c	1006.4 ± 4.1c	0.000 ± 0.01a	527.1 ± 51.2c	10.1 ± 2.0b	1683.4 ± 137.9b

Means followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at P < 0.05 level, mean ± SEM

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