Carbon Stock Potential across Different Land Covers in Tropical Ecosystems of Damota Natural Vegetation, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Mean ± SD of AGC, BGC, DWC, and GHL in land covers.

Gradients	Carbon pool (Mg ha^−1)
	AGC	BGC	DWC	GHL
FL	53.2^b ± 4.5	8.04^b ± 2.9	0.52^a ± 0.32	1.13^a ± 0.36
WL	67.9^a ± 11.4	10.12^b ± 3.8	0.78^a ± 0.47	1.57^a ± 0.65
BL	56.4^b ± 9.6	16.32^a ± 5.5	0.85^a ± 0.63	1.72^a ± 0.84
P	0.03	0.024	0.06	0.15

AGC, above-ground carbon; BGC, below-ground carbon; DWC, deadwood carbon; GHL, grass herbs litter; BL, bushland; FL, farmland; WL, woodland. Different letters indicate significant differences. , , and indicate significance at 5, 1, and 0.1% significance levels, respectively.