Ecological Processes

Table 4 Soil organic carbon stock in the land-use systems

From: Soil carbon stock and emission: estimates from three land-use systems in Ghana

Land-use type		Soil carbon stock (Mg C ha⁻¹)
Land-use type	Soil depth (cm)	0–15	15–30	30–50	50–100	Total (0–100)
Arable land		16.4	13.9	15.0	28.3	73.5
Oil palm plantation		18.8	18.6	21.4	40.2	99.0
Forest land		22.5	20.5	23.4	41.7	108.2
LSD (0.05)		1.9	2.7	3.6	4.7	6.7
F.pr		< 0.001	0.003	0.003	< 0.001	< 0.001
CV (%)		5.7	9	10.6	7.4	4.2

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