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Table 1 Test of normality and homogeneity of variance for soil physical and chemical properties in both land uses and per land use types

From: Effects of soil and water conservation practices on soil physicochemical properties in Gumara watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Soil properties

Both land uses (n = 24)

Cultivated land (n = 12)

Grazing land (n = 12)

Levene’s (p)

Shapiro-Wilk (p)

Levene’s (p)

Shapiro-Wilk (p)

Levene’s (p)

Shapiro-Wilk (p)

pH (H2O)

.35ns

394 ns

.627 ns

.400 ns

.318 ns

.462 ns

SOC (%)

.272 ns

.002*

.496 ns

.629 ns

.111 ns

.152 ns

TN (%)

.172 ns

.098 ns

.019*

.419 ns

.143 ns

.941 ns

Bulk density (g cm-3)

.269 ns

.102 ns

.507 ns

.487 ns

.645 ns

.659 ns

Sand (%)

.446 ns

.053 ns

.285 ns

.661 ns

.086 ns

.139 ns

Clay (%)

.811 ns

.021*

.391 ns

.084 ns

.331 ns

.117 ns

Silt (%)

.571 ns

.049 ns

.467 ns

.042*

.080 ns

.036*

Av. P (ppm)

.433 ns

.014*

.468 ns

.605 ns

.972 ns

.517 ns

CEC & Exch. cations [cmol(+) kg−1]

CEC

.608 ns

.091 ns

.919 ns

.391 ns

.425 ns

.219 ns

Na+

.091 ns

.808 ns

.475 ns

.987 ns

.104 ns

.770 ns

K+

.83 ns

.223 ns

.907 ns

.071 ns

.797 ns

.910 ns

Ca2+

.972 ns

.147 ns

.876 ns

.200 ns

.934 ns

.102 ns

Mg2+

.614 ns

.474 ns

.898 ns

.545 ns

.360 ns

.425 ns

  1. Av. P available phosphorous, CEC cation exchange capacity, ns not significant at p < 0.05, n number of samples, P p value, SOC soil organic carbon, * significant at p < 0.05, TN total nitrogen