Table 1 Equations used in analyses of data
No. | Equation | Reference |
|---|---|---|
1 | \(AGB \left( {kg} \right) = 0.0673 \times ({\uprho }D^{2} H)^{0.976}\), where AGB above ground biomass (kg), ρ wood density (g cm−3), D and H are tree DBH (cm) and height (m), respectively | Chave et.al. [60] |
2 | AGB (kg) = 4.5 + (7.7 × H) | Hairiah [75] |
3 | AGB (kg) = 10 + 6.4 H | Frangi and Lugo [76] |
4 | AGB (kg) = − 3.956 × H2 + (55.247 × H) − 2.0342 | Issa et al. [77] |
5 | Stand density (individual ha−1) = \(\frac{n}{A} ,\) where, A an area of the homestead forest (ha) | Shukla and Chandel [83] |
6 | Basal area, BA (m2 tree−1) = \(\frac{{\pi \left( {D \times 0.01} \right)}}{4}^{2}\) | Shukla and Chandel [83] |
7 | BA (m2 ha−1)\(= \frac{\Sigma BA}{{A \left( {ha} \right)}}\) | |
8 | LOI % = W1/W2 × 100, where, W1 is loss in weight (g), W2 weight of oven dry soil (g), and LOI is loss on ignition | Ball 1964 [84] |
9 | SOC % = 0.47 × (% LOI – 1.87), where SOC denotes soil organic carbon | Ball 1964 [84] |
10 | SOC stock (Mg ha−1) = SOC % × BD × SD, where BD bulk density of soil (g cm−3) and SD soil depth (cm) | Pearson et al. [85] |
11 | \(Dry mass\;of\;the\;litter\;sample\;\left( {DM, g} \right) = \frac{Dry\;mass\;of\;subsample}{{Fresh\,mass \;of\;subsample}} \times Fresh\,mass \;of\;the\;sample\) | Pearson et al. [87] |
12 | \(Litter\;DM\;per\;unit\;area\;\left( {Mg ha^{ - 1} } \right) = \frac{DM \;\left( g \right)}{{Sampling\;frame\,area\; \left( {cm^{2} } \right)}} \times 100\) | Pearson et al. [87] |
13 | \(Margalef\;Index\; = \frac{{\left( {N - 1} \right)}}{\ln \left( n \right)}\), where N is the total number of species and n is the total number of individuals of all species | Margalef [89] |
14 | Shannon–Wiener index, \({\text{H}} = \sum {\text{piln}}\left( {pi} \right)\), where pi is the ratio of S to n in a homestead forest. S is the individuals of each species in a homestead forest | Michael [90] |
15 | \({\text{Frequency }}\;\left( {\text{F}} \right) = \frac{Number \;of\; homestead\; forests\;in\;which\;particular\;species\;occurs }{{Total\;number\;of\;homestead\;forests\;studied}}\) | Shukla and Chandel [83] |
16 | \({\text{Relativefrequency}},\,{\text{ RF }}\left( {\%} \right) = {\frac{{{\text{Fi}}}}{{{{\Sigma Fi}}}}}\) × 100, where Fi is the frequency of a species in ith homestead forest (i = 1, 2, 3……..) | Dallmeier et al. [91] |
17 | \(Relative\,density, RD \left( \% \right) = \frac{S}{ n}\) × 100 | Dallmeier et al. [91] |