Ecological Processes

Table 2 Aboveground herbaceous biomass (kg/ha) and percent cover (%) in rehabilitated and degraded areas of Suswa catchment during wet and dry seasons

From: Effect of rangeland rehabilitation on the herbaceous species composition and diversity in Suswa catchment, Narok County, Kenya

		Wet season							Dry season
Treatment	Management	Rehabilitated area			Degraded area				Rehabilitated area			Degraded area
Treatment	Slope	Upper	Middle	Lower	Upper	Middle	Lower	LSD	Upper	Middle	Lower	Upper	Middle	Lower	LSD
Aboveground biomass	Annual grasses	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	22.0	56.7	49.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Perennial grasses	284.0a	701.0b	1459.0c	229.0a	453.0ab	635b	295.0	223.0c	391.0d	895.0e	114.0b	236.0c	4.2a	20.6
	Forbs	4.0a	4.3a	50.7ab	50.0ab	74.0b	194.7c	57.9	2.0a	4.3a	8.0a	5.0a	14.0a	46.3b	15.1
Percent cover	Annual grasses	1.6	0.0	0.0	3.3	3.0	1.9	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.2
	Perennial grasses	42.3b	64.6d	74.7e	31.3a	45.0b	57.5c	2.8	40.0b	58.1c	68.0d	29.0a	42.0b	54.7c	2.7
	Forbs	10.00c	2.67a	1.33a	19.6d	12.0c	7.0b	2.2	4.0ab	0.7ab	0.0a	6.3b	6.0b	2.3ab	3.8

Means with different letters within the row are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) > Tukey’s HSD test

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