Effect of community-based soil and water conservation practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi types, spore densities, root colonization, and soil nutrients in the northern highlands of Ethiopia

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Effect of slope positions on total spore density

Slope position	Non-conserved grazing lands	Terraces	Exclosures + terraces	Exclosures alone
Foot slope	903.3^ab	1210.0^ab	1603.3^a	1616.6^a
Middle slope	850.0^ab	1066.6^ab	1466.6^ab	1506.6^ab
Upper slope	723.3^b	1186.6^ab	1396.6^ab	1430.0^ab