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Table 8 Mean vegetation and soil carbon stock (t ha−1) of different land uses (mean ± SE)

From: Carbon stock under major land use/land cover types of Hades sub-watershed, eastern Ethiopia

LU

Carbon stock in different land uses (t/ha)

Total carbon

AGC

BGC

LC

SOC

Natural forest

116.46 ± 17.81

23.29 ± 3.56

0.69 ± 0.08

339.19 ± 21.09

496.26 ± 11.28c

Coffee agroforestry

17.26 ± 1.9

3.43 ± 0.34

0.36 ± 0.04

249.69 ± 28.13

277.38 ± 28.58b

Grazing land

–

–

 

155.13 ± 11.46

155.13 ± 11.46a

Crop land

–

–

–

138 ± 0.95 ± 25.01

138.95 ± 25.0.1a

  1. AGC aboveground carbon, BGC belowground carbon, LC litter carbon, UC undergrowth carbon, SOC soil organic carbon
  2. a, b, c means with the same letter (s) across columns and rows are not significantly different