Soil properties | Both land uses (n = 24) | Cultivated land (n = 12) | Grazing land (n = 12) | ||||
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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 |