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Table 1 Soil moisture and bulk density in different land-use patterns

From: Soil water storage capacity under chronosequence of revegetation in Yanhe watershed on the Loess Plateau, China

Item

Soil layer

Farmland

Artificial grassland

Natural grassland

Woodland

Shrubland

 

0-60 (cm)

Mean (%)

9.03 ± 2.68

7.43 ± 2.50

7.26 ± 2.03

6.87 ± 1.93

7.62 ± 3.22

  

CV

0.30

0.34

0.28

0.28

0.42

Land use

60-120 (cm)

Mean (%)

8.99 ± 1.82

7.23 ± 2.23

6.86 ± 3.06

5.89 ± 1.44

7.63 ± 2.60

  

CV

0.20

0.31

0.45

0.24

0.34

 

120-200 (cm)

Mean (%)

8.97 ± 1.46

6.00 ± 1.86

7.00 ± 3.34

5.41 ± 1.71

7.13 ± 2.24

  

CV

0.16

0.31

0.48

0.32

0.31

 

0-20 (cm)

Mean (g·cm-3)

1.28 ± 0.06

1.24 ± 0.03

1.32 ± 0.07

1.35 ± 0.07

1.27 ± 0.11

  

CV

0.05

0.02

0.05

0.05

0.09

Bulk density

20-40 (cm)

Mean (g·cm-3)

1.35 ± 0.05

1.34 ± 0.09

1.32 ± 0.03

1.37 ± 0.07

1.34 ± 0.07

  

CV

0.04

0.07

0.03

0.05

0.05

 

40-60 (cm)

Mean (g·cm-3)

1.32 ± 0.09

1.46 ± 0.08

1.36 ± 0.08

1.37 ± 0.05

1.36 ± 0.04

  

CV

0.07

0.06

0.06

0.04

0.03