Table 5 Effects of grazing intensity on chemical compositions of major grass species in Chagni ranch, Northwest Ethiopia

87.92^b

88.46^b

91^a

92.04^a

0.15

3

43.62

0.00

8.02^c

8.78^bc

9.75^ab

10.9^a

0.408

3

9.314

0.004

54.32^c

54.55^c

57.96^b

59.39^a

0.334

3

56.85

0.00

33.3^b

33.7^b

37.11^a

38.54^a

0.902

3

8.124

0.006

4.96^b

5.22^b

6.27^a

6.66^a

0.12

3

46.48

0.00

9.1

8.71

8.82

8.67

0.23

3

0.176

0.91

88.78^b

89.48^b

90.96^ab

92.38^a

0.27

3

9.03

0.004

7.44^b

7.7^b

8.8^a

9.4^a

0.365

3

6.313

0.014

54.3^c

54.5^c

57.9^b

59.4^a

0.237

3

30.62

0.00

36.14^b

36.3^b

37.6^b

39.7^a

0.54

3

9.38

0.004

6.9

7.4

7.8

7.8

0.264

3

2.317

0.144

7.93

7.54

7.4

7.38

0.15

3

0.71

0.57

88.51^c

90.21^b

90.41^b

92.45^a

0.172

3

22.11

0.00

6.62^b

6.71^b

8.55^a

9.57^a

0.33

3

19.25

0.00

55.9^c

56.9^bc

58.9^ab

60.6^a

0.523

3

15.97

0.001

36.13^c

38.2^bc

39.5^ab

41.6^a

0.589

3

15.2

0.001

5.19^c

5.33^c

6.22^b

6.73^a

0.084

76.72

0.00

8.08^a

7.78^ab

7.25^b

7.22^b

0.07

3

8.776

0.005

87.03^c

88.81^b

92.38^a

92.93^a

0.133

3

114.1

0.00

9.25^c

9.92^b

10.5^ab

11.2^a

0.294

3

7.745

0.007

45.24^b

46.6^b

48.9^a

50^a

0.576

3

14.13

0.001

32.9^b

34.7^ab

36.1^ab

37.7^a

0.849

3

5.866

0.017

5.5^b

5.54^b

6.68^a

7.1^a

0.116

3

47.31

0.00

9.99^a

9.41^b

8.94^b

8.86^b

0.071

3

13.15

0.001