Table 1 Pearson’s product moment correlations coefficient and P value between Carbon pools

AGC ton/ha

1

0.000

Carbon stock in litter ton/ha

0.032

1

0.761

Carbon stock in Herb ton/ha

0.171

0.121

1

0.107

0.255

Carbon stock in NTWS ton/ha

0.129

0.249*

0.119

1

0.226

0.018

0.264

DWC ton/ha

− 0.121

0.036

− 0.006

− 0.016

1

0.257

0.736

0.954

0.878

SOC ton/ha

− 0.082

0.124

0.265*

0.230*

− 0.017

1

0.440

0.242

0.011

0.029

0.871