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Table 4 Total carbon stocks and CO2 sequestration of O. abyssinica forests

From: Biomass, carbon stock and sequestration potential of Oxytenanthera abyssinica forests in Lower Beles River Basin, Northwestern Ethiopia

Bamboo

Carbon pools

Forest

AGB (Mg C ha−1)

BGB (Mg C ha−1)

SOC (Mg C ha−1)

TCS (Mg C ha−1)

CO2 Seq. (ton ha−1)

Assitsa

58.03 \(\pm \,1.95\)

14.50 \(\pm \,0.48\)

61.73 \(\pm \,1.94\)

134.27 \(\pm \,3.07\)

492.80 \(\pm \,11.28\)

Eddida

69.59 \(\pm \,1.15\)

17.39 \(\pm \,0.28\)

72.57 \(\pm \,2.23\)

158.91 \(\pm \,2.44\)

583.22 \(\pm \,8.96\)

Mean \(\pm \,\mathrm{SE}\)

66.59 \(\pm \,1.20\)

16.64 \(\pm \,0.30\)

69.70 \(\pm \,1.83\)

152.52 \(\pm \,2.45\)

559.78 \(\pm \,9.02\)

  1. AGB above ground biomass, BGB below ground biomass, SOC soil organic carbon (0–30 cm), TCS total carbon stock, CO2 seq. CO2 sequestration