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Table 4 Soil and air conditions under the three grazing management systems during the study period

From: Pasture enclosures increase soil carbon dioxide flux rate in Semiarid Rangeland, Kenya

 

Grazing system

Season

Dry

Wet

Air temperature (°C)

GDE

28.55 ± 0.35

25.31 ± 0.66

 

CGE

28.48 ± 0.36

25.31 ± 0.33

 

OGR

27.97 ± 0.42

25.20 ± 0.77

Soil temperature (°C)

GDE

38.13 ± 0.68a

31.52 ± 0.90

 

CGE

37.06 ± 0.87a

31.79 ± 0.64

 

OGR

35.39 ± 0.90b

31.67 ± 1.42

Soil moisture (% v/v)

GDE

11.77 ± 1.11a

20.89 ± 0.64a

 

CGE

9.78 ± 0.99ab

19.55 ± 0.56a

 

OGR

7.16 ± 1.12b

16.76 ± 0.87b

Water filled pore space (%)

GDE

25.87 ± 2.45a

46.01 ± 1.43a

 

CGE

21.44 ± 2.19ab

43.07 ± 1.26ab

 

OGR

16.81 ± 2.73b

38.39 ± 2.00b

  1. Values are seasonal means ± SE (n = 9). Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences among grazing systems for each parameter (P < 0.05)
  2. OGR open grazing rangeland, GDE grazing dominated enclosure, CGE contractual grazing enclosure