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Table 4 Soil biological and physicochemical attributes (Mean ± SE) across the five land uses

From: Transition of Ethiopian highland forests to agriculture-dominated landscapes shifts the soil microbial community composition

Land use

AMF-SD

SAS

Soil pH

SOC

TSN

NaHCO3 Mo-P

NaOH Mo-P

Cropland

74.46 ± 9.17bc

42.52 ± 3.42a

6.61 ± 0.06ab

1.96 ± 0.21a

0.16 ± 0.01a

17.84 ± 2.66b

121.98 ± 26.74b

Grassland

37.8 ± 8.17a

64.37 ± 4.70b

6.74 ± 0.04ab

3.04 ± 0.34b

0.25 ± 0.03b

14.16 ± 3.38b

82.21 ± 25.20ab

Exclosure

85.63 ± 6.31bc

70.35 ± 5.22bc

6.97 ± 0.12b

3.87 ± 0.39bc

0.31 ± 0.02bc

4.57 ± 0.59a

25.84 ± 2.30a

Eucalyptus

74.17 ± 5.42b

83.82 ± 1.25c

6.38 ± 0.13a

4.35 ± 0.61bc

0.27 ± 0.03b

15.20 ± 4.54ab

44.64 ± 3.24ab

Natural forest

123.86 ± 20.76c

62.99 ± 6.70b

6.93 ± 0.11b

8.22 ± 1.59c

0.65 ± 0.13c

58.46 ± 12.01c

127.48 ± 14.83b

  1. Different letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05)
  2. AMF-SD: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore density; SAS: soil aggregate stability; C: soil organic carbon; N: total soil nitrogen; Labile P: molybdate-reactive bicarbonate-extractable P; moderately labile P: molybdate reactive hydroxide-extractable P