Table 3 Mean ± standard error of soil hydrological properties under different land use and soil depth, including ANOVA and post hoc test results.

From: Characterization and predictive modelling of quasi-saturated hydraulic conductivity across land use systems in the Northwest Himalayas

Depth

Land use

Field capacity

K0.5 cm

K2 cm

K 5 cm

Soil moisture

Total porosity

0–15

Agriculture

29.85 ± 1.08ab

3.81 ± 0.15c

2.05 ± 0.08d

1.22 ± 0.05c

11.84 ± 0.48c

0.44 ± 0.01cde

Barren land

24.07 ± 0.77c

1.24 ± 0.04e

0.97 ± 0.04e

0.58 ± 0.02d

4.44 ± 0.18d

0.41 ± 0.00e

Deodar

33.07 ± 1.46a

6.16 ± 0.33a

5.11 ± 0.27a

2.55 ± 0.11a

13.71 ± 0.60bc

0.49 ± 0.01a

Oak

30.89 ± 1.06a

6.39 ± 0.20a

4.20 ± 0.13b

2.04 ± 0.06b

17.62 ± 0.55a

0.48 ± 0.01ab

15–30

Agriculture

28.26 ± 1.13abc

2.58 ± 0.09d

1.87 ± 0.08d

0.93 ± 0.04c

12.40 ± 0.50bc

0.45 ± 0.01bcd

Barren land

25.21 ± 0.80bc

1.10 ± 0.04e

0.81 ± 0.03e

0.46 ± 0.01d

5.25 ± 0.17d

0.42 ± 0.01de

Deodar

33.51 ± 1.79a

5.16 ± 0.23b

3.60 ± 0.17bc

2.16 ± 0.10b

14.69 ± 0.78b

0.49 ± 0.01a

Oak

30.56 ± 0.95ab

4.65 ± 0.16b

3.13 ± 0.11c

1.97 ± 0.05b

18.84 ± 0.59a

0.47 ± 0.00abc

Depth

ns

**

**

**

**

ns

Land use

**

**

**

**

**

**

Depth × land use

ns

**

**

ns

ns

ns

  1. **Significant at p = 0.01 and *significant at p = 0.05, ns: non-significant, different letters in the same column indicate significantly different at p = 0.05.
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