RETRACTED ARTICLE: Tree species diversity predicts aboveground carbon storage through functional diversity and functional dominance in the dry evergreen Afromontane forest of Hararghe highland, Southeast Ethiopia

Ecological Processes

Table 2 The effect of elevation, slope, aspect, and species richness on AGC stock

	Est.	SE	t value	p value	BP	DW	VIF
Intercept	27.43	19.63	1.398	0.168	0.8	2.299	1.125
Elevation	−0.004	0.007	−0.551	0.584
Adjusted R² (%)	11.332
Intercept	19.899	1.731	11.5	< 0.001	0.813	2.094	1.077
Slope	−0.104	0.045	−2.29	0.026
Adjusted R² (%)	17.414
Intercept	15.92	2.145	7.42	< 0.001	0.997	2.238	1.056
Aspect	0.183	0.472	0.387	0.701
Adjusted R² (%)	11.631
Intercept	−2.809	22.01	−0.128	0.898	0.13	2.238	1.309
Elevation	0.004	0.007	0.573	0.568
Species richness	0.783	0.358	2.185	0.034
Adjusted R² (%)	15.51

AGC aboveground biomass carbon, Est. estimates of regression coefficients, SE standard errors, BP p values for Breusch-Pagan tests, DW Durbin-Watson autocorrelation statistic, VIF value inflation factor, R² coefficient of determination