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 3 Effect of SWC measures on aggregate stability (mean ± SEM)

SWC measures	WSA (%)	MWD	SI	SQ
Non-conserved grazing lands	51.8 ± 3.9^b	0.77 ± 0.04^b	1.65 ± 0.14^a	40.73 ± 3.06^a
Terraces	58.5 ± 2.0^ab	0.82 ± 0.04^ab	1.91 ± 0.6^a	50.24 ± 3.44^ab
Exclosure + terraces	65.6 ± 2.4^a	0.93 ± 0.05^a	2.60 ± 0.57^a	64.97 ± 12.46^b
Exclosures alone	64.8 ± 3.2^a	0.97 ± 0.06^a	2.45 ± 0.44^a	52.05 ± 5.43^b

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

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