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Table 1 Effects of treatments on different parameters after treatment application

From: Control of bush encroachment in Borana zone of southern Ethiopia: effects of different control techniques on rangeland vegetation and tick populations

Treatments

Basal cover (%)

Litter cover (%)

Soil erosion (%)

Soil compaction (%)

Nymph-stage tick/ha

Adult-stage tick/ha

DeadA.drepanolobium(%)

DeadA.mellifera(%)

1

54 bc

31.7 a

9.3 a

45.0 a

5,555.6 d

555.6 b

17.4 b

33.3 ab

2

55 bc

30.7 a

10.7 a

40.0 a

13,888.9 b

2,777.8 a

36.4 a

39.3 ab

3

71.7 a

34.0 a

10.0 a

43.0 a

10,555.6 bc

3,888.9 a

24.3 ab

19.4 ab

4

61.3 ab

33.3 a

11.3 a

53.0 a

8,888.9 cd

3,333.3 a

19.1 b

69.5 a

5

46.7 c

23.3 a

9.3 a

39.3 a

22,222.2 a

3,888.9 a

0.0 c

0.0 b

Overall mean

57.7

30.6

10.1

44.1

12,222.2

2,888.9

19.4

32.3

±SE

4.1

3.8

1.1

5.9

1,138.5

621.1

3.3

14

CV (%)

12

21.7

19.3

23.3

16.1

37.2

29.3

75.1

R 2

0.72

0.55

0.23

0.34

0.94

0.78

0.89

0.65

  1. Key: Means in the same column followed by the same letter were not significantly different (p > 0.05).