Table 3 Mean (± standard error; n = 15) biomass (Mg ha⁻¹), biomass carbon, soil carbon (SOC), and total carbon (total biomass plus SOC 0–60 cm) carbon stocks (Mg C ha⁻¹) for each of the five altitudinal gradient class and results of one-way ANOVA (at α = 0.05, significant differences between altitudinal gradient for any of the C stocks were indicated)

35.93 (7.9)^a

7.77 (1.7)^b

17.65 (3.4)^ab

8.53 (1.2)^b

9.10 (0.9)^b

15.80

13.07 (2.7)^a

3.19 (0.6)^b

6.79 (1.2)^ab

3.51 (0.4)^b

3.75 (0.3)^b

6.06

17.97 (3.9)^a

3.89 (0.8)^b

8.82 (1.7)^ab

4.26 (0.6)^b

4.55 (0.5)^b

7.90

6.53 (1.08)^a

1.59 (0.23)^b

3.39 (0.46)^ab

1.76 (0.16)^b

1.87 (0.12)^b

3.03

23.09(1.82)^a

21.53(1.72)^a

22.55(2.40)^a

10.91(0.85)^b

22.28(0.83)^a

20.07

47.59 (4.77)^a

27.01(2.49)^bc

34.76(3.75)^b

16.93(1.16)^c

28.71(1.83)^bc

31.00