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

Table 4

Mean summary of five carbon pools and total carbon in three land covers.

Gradients	Carbon pool (Mg ha^−1)
	AGC	BGC	DWC	GHL	SOC	TC
FL	53.2^b ± 4.5	8.04^b ± 2.9	0.52^a ± 0.32	1.13^a ± 0.36	80.6^a ± 18.3	143.49
WL	67.9^a ± 11.4	10.12^b ± 3.8	0.78^a ± 0.47	1.57^a ± 0.65	71.6^b ± 11.5	151.97
BL	56.4^b ± 9.6	16.32^a ± 5.5	0.85^a ± 0.63	1.72^a ± 0.84	65.8^b ± 9.7	141.09
P	0.036	0.024	0.06	0.15	0.027

AGC, above-ground carbon; BGC, below-ground carbon; DWC, deadwood carbon; GHL, grass herbs litter; BL, bushland; FL, farmland; SOC, soil organic carbon; TC, total carbon; WL, woodland.