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Table 1 Species and family-based contribution to above-ground (AG), below-ground (BG), total and percentage (%) biomass and/or carbon in three forest types (low-level blue pine, BP; mixed conifer, MC and sub-alpine, SA) of Kashmir Himalaya, India

From: Patterns and drivers of tree carbon stocks in Kashmir Himalayan forests: implications for climate change mitigation

Species (family)

AGB/AGC (t ha−1)

BGB/BGC (t ha−1)

Total biomass/carbon (t ha−1)

% Biomass/carbon

BP forest

 Abies pindrow (Pinaceae)

39.54/18.59

10.28/4.83

49.83/23.42

17.60

 Cedrus deodara (Pinaceae)

29.61/13.92

7.70/3.62

37.31/17.53

13.18

 Juglans regia (Juglandaceae)

0.30/0.14

0.08/0.04

0.38/0.18

0.14

 Picea smithiana (Pinaceae)

7.28/3.42

1.89/0.89

9.18/4.31

3.24

 Pinus wallichiana (Pinaceae)

147.69/69.41

38.40/18.05

186.08/87.46

65.74

 Populus ciliate (Salicaceae)

0.23/0.11

0.06/0.03

0.29/0.13

0.10

MC forest

 Abies pindrow

155.86/73.25

40.52/19.05

196.38/92.30

50.91

 Acer caesium (Sapindaceae)

0.85/0.40

0.228/0.2285

1.07/0.50

0.28

 Aesculus indica (Sapindaceae)

0.01/0.01

0.003/0.001

0.02/0.01

0.00

 Corylus jacquemontii (Betulaceae)

0.22/0.10

0.063/0.0622

0.27/0.13

0.07

 Juglans regia

0.01/0.002

0.001/0.0006

0.01/0.003

0.002

 Juniperus semiglobosa (Cupressaceae)

0.42/0.20

0.113/0.1142

0.53/0.25

0.14

 Picea smithiana

25.16/11.83

6.54/3.07

31.70/14.90

8.22

 Pinus wallichiana

123.16/57.88

32.02/15.05

155.18/72.93

40.23

 Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae)

0.003/0.001

0.0009/0.00003

0.004/0.002

0.001

 Taxus wallichiana (Taxaceae)

0.45/0.21

0.120/0.1245

0.56/0.27

0.15

SA forest

 Abies pindrow

295.76/139.01

76.90/36.14

372.66/175.15

76.57

 Acer caesium

3.35/1.58

0.87/0.41

4.23/1.99

0.87

 Betula utilis (Betulaceae)

2.50/1.18

0.65/0.31

3.15/1.48

0.65

 Picea smithiana

9.97/4.69

2.59/1.22

12.56/5.90

2.58

 Pinus wallichiana

74.65/35.09

19.41/9.12

94.06/44.21

19.33