Effects of Land Uses on Soil Quality Indicators: The Case of Geshy Subcatchment, Gojeb River Catchment, Ethiopia

Table 4

Pearson’s correlation coefficient between soil quality indicators of land uses.

	pH	Sand	Silt	Clay	BD	VSWC	TP	SOC	TN	C/N
Sand	0.10
Silt	−0.31	0.19
Clay	0.18	−0.69	−0.84
BD	0.21	−0.46	−0.23	0.41
SMC	−0.02	−0.17	−0.37	0.37	0.195
TP	−0.21	0.46	0.22	−0.41	−1.00	−0.192
SOC	0.18	0.61	−0.06	−0.30	−0.42	−0.30	0.42
TN	0.24	0.63	−0.05	−0.314	−0.38	−0.34	0.38	0.95
C/N	−0.26	−0.26	−0.09	0.202	−0.06	0.215	0.06	−0.20	−0.46
Av. P.	0.29	0.02	−0.10	0.058	0.117	−0.091	−0.12	0.02	0.07	−0.17

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Values are Pearson correlation coefficient (r) n = 54.