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Table 13 Simple correlation surface soil (0–20 cm) between land use and soil properties

From: Characterizing soils and the enduring nature of land uses around the Lake Chamo Basin in South-West Ethiopia

  Fe Mn Zn Cu Ec Silt Clay Na K Ca Mg CEC PBS TN OC AP AK CaCO3 PH(H2O) PH(KCl) Cations Anions
Fe 1 − 0.35* 0.75*** 0.31* − 0.07 0.2 − 0.35* − 0.01 0.28* − 0.35* 0.1 − 0.07 0.47** 0.51** 0.5** 0.72*** 0.12 − 0.07 − 0.26* − 0.33* − 0.06 − 0.12
Mn   1 − 0.22* 0.49** 0.06 − 0.48** 0.53** 0.03 0.42** 0.27* 0.08 0.42** 0.04 − 0.03 0.03 − 0.48** 0.48** − 0.13 0.48** 0.47** 0.38* 0.38
Zn    1 0.52** 0.12 0.02 − 0.12 0.29* 0.42** − 0.28* 0.21 0.05 0.21* 0.68** 0.69** 0.69** 0.25* − 0.38* − 0.1 − 0.12 0.06 0.04
Cu     1 0.1 − 0.18 0.28* − 0.03 0.74*** − 0.42** 0.2 − 0.12 0.42** 0.21* 0.14 0.08 0.66** − 0.36* − 0.08 − 0.13 − 0.02 − 0.05
Ec      1 0.08 − 0.14 0.5 0 0.06 0.78 0.38* 0.06 − 0.17 0.08 0.12 0.07 0.04 0.04 − 0.02 0.6** 0.56
Silt       1 − 0.84*** − 0.29* 0.23 − 0.62** 0.14 − 0.74*** 0.29* − 0.48** 0.47** − 0.12 0.31* − 0.15 − 0.17 − 0.27* − 0.5 − 0.54
Clay        1 0.29* − 0.08 0.37* 0.35 0.55** 0.3 0.37 0.31* 0 0.15 0.07 0.17 0.2 0.19 0.23
Na         1 − 0.29* 0.49** − 0.1 0.22* 0.65** 0.44** 0.57** 0.23* 0.34* − 0.15 0.48** 0.41* 0.47** 0.47
K          1 − 0.59** 0.24* − 0.23* 0.57** 0.08 0.02 − 0.9*** 0.96*** − 0.5 − 0.07 − 0.11 − 0.19 − 0.22
Ca           1 0.15 0.78*** 0.71*** 0.22* 0.34* − 0.13 0.57** 0.34* 0.54** 0.62** 0.6** 0.64
Mg            1 0.36* 0.19 0.48** 0.22* − 0.03 0.11 − 0.49** 0.09 0.08 − 0.47** − 0.42
CEc             1 0.45** 0.56** 0.53** 0 0.31* 0.11 0.4 0.49** 0.4** 0.45
PBs              1 0.13 0.17 − 0.26* 0.54** − 0.03 0.66** 0.68** 0.16 0.2
TN               1 0.93*** 0.61** 0.14 − 0.31* 0.03 0.04 0.25* 0.27
OC                1 0.7*** 0.16 − 0.11 0.16 0.18 0.44** 0.44
AP                 1 0.21* 0.19 − 0.24* − 0.25* 0.18 0.15
AK                  1 − 0.4 0.04 0.01 − 0.16 − 0.21
CaCO3                   1 − 0.02 0,04 0.08 0.07
pH(H2O)                    1 0.97*** 0.33* 0.32
pH(KCl)                     1 0.36* 0.35
Cations                      1 0.99
Anions                       1
  1. *, **, *** significant at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 or than probability levels, respectively
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Journal of Ecology and Environment

ISSN: 2288-1220

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