Effect of community-based soil and water conservation practices on soil glomalin, aggregate size distribution, aggregate stability and aggregate-associated organic carbon in northern highlands of Ethiopia

Table 2 Percentage of dry aggregate size distribution under the different SWC measures (mean ± SEM)

SWC measures	> 2 mm	1–2 mm	0.5–1 mm	0.25–0.5 mm	< 0.25 mm
Non-conserved grazing lands	21.91 ± 2.31^b	19.60 ± 1.13^b	16.79 ± 0.78^a	10.41 ± 0.42^c	26.66 ± 3.15^b
Terraces	26.33 ± 1.47^ab	18.15 ± 0.74^b	16.46 ± 0.72^a	12.30 ± 0.46^ab	25.84 ± 1.32^b
Exclosures + terraces	32.41 ± 3.11^a	22.49 ± 0.73^a	17.72 ± 0.65^a	12.61 ± 0.39^a	13.90 ± 2.04^c
Exclosures alone	31.36 ± 2.28^a	20.56 ± 0.62^ab	16.59 ± 0.45^a	11.09 ± 0.66^bc	19.40 ± 2.02^a

Means followed by the same letter along each row do not differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05

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