Ecological Processes

Table 1 Soil physical and chemical factors of four land uses of the semiarid region of Delhi

From: Assessment of soil microbial and enzyme activity in the rhizosphere zone under different land use/cover of a semiarid region, India

Soil parameters	PFC	MFC	AF	VF
S_C/S_N	9.52 (0.11)^a	10.15 (0.08)^a	9.5 (0.18)^b	12.4 (0.09)^c
S_P (mg L^-1)	2.22 (0.01)^a	1.95 (0.02)^b	1.73 (0.02)^c	1.84 (0.62)^bc
S_M (%)	3.57 (0.03)^a	5.41 (0.05)^b	3.92 (0.05)^c	4.70 (0.02)^d
Soil texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam

Values are means (standard error) and letters denote significant difference among land use types (P < 0.05)
S_C/S_N soil carbon to soil nitrogen ratio, S_P soil phosphorus, S_M soil moisture, PFC P. juliflora forest cover, MFC mixed forest cover, AF agriculture field, VF vegetable field

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