Table 6 Comparison of carbon content (Mg C ha⁻¹) in standing biomass, litter, and soil of dry forests

Tropical dry forest of Asia

120; 78–96

Gibbs et al. (2007); IPCC (2006)

Tropical dry forests of Africa

17

Gibbs et al. (2007)

Tropical dry forest, Brazil

19.27

2.62

Júnior et al. (2016)

Dry forest Tigray, Ethiopia

58.11

Solomon et al. (2017)

Dry Afromontane forest in Northern Ethiopia

15.59–77.19

1.68–2.25

87.55–102.33

Solomon et al. (2018)

Secondary tropical dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

56.6

Dai et al. (2014)

Semi-arid (Picea crassifolia) forest in northeastern Tibet

55

3

306 (0–100 cm)

Wagner et al. (2015)

Tropical dry forest of Javadi Hills, India

52–116

Naveenkumar et al. (2017)

Tropical dry deciduous forest, India

93.8

Singh (1990)

Tropical thorn forest, India

40

Salunkhe et al. (2018)

Tropical dry forests of Eastern Ghats, India

6.98–257.25

Sahu et al. (2016)

Tropical dry deciduous forest, Eastern Ghats, India

16.92–44.65

Gandhi and Sundarapandian (2017)

Tropical dry deciduous forests in Central India

48.97–214.97

Joshi and Dhyani (2018)

Tropical dry deciduous forest, India

12.79–62.48

0.42–6.49

30–59.23

FSI (2017)

Tropical dry evergreen forest, India

18.85–48.58

0.9–1.91

35.08–89.01

FSI (2017)

Tropical thorny forest, India

4.91–13.30

0.76–2.18

19.43–30.17

FSI (2017)

Semi-arid forest in Delhi, India

41.87

0.26

21.36 (0–20 cm)

Present study