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Ecological Processes

Table 3 Estimated carbon (C) stocks (Mg/ha) in plant biomass across the three management treatments, i.e. community forest, exclosure and communal grazing land

From: Carbon stocks and sequestration potential of dry forests under community management in Tigray, Ethiopia

C contents of

Managed forest

Exclosure

Grazing land

p-value

Trees

40.99a ± 0.40

11.63b ± 0.24

4.6c ± 0.19

<0.0001

Shrubs

3.72b ± 0.04

4.27a ± 0.05

1.15c ± 0.01

<0.0001

Herbs

1.77b ± 0.03

1.92a ± 0.018

0.45c ± 0.01

<0.0001

Below ground biomass

11.62a ± 0.10

4.45b ± 0.06

1.55c ± 0.04

<0.0001

Total (Mg/ha)

58.11a ± 0.50

22.29b ± 0.30

7.76c ± 0.24

<0.0001

  1. Levels not connected by same letter are significantly different
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