Table 4 Soil physicochemical properties and carbon stocks of the study forests

0–15

5.96 ± 0.09

5.91 ± 0.11

5.75 ± 0.12

5.04 ± 0.08

5.07 ± 0.06

15–30

6.08 ± 0.06

5.89 ± 0.14

5.79 ± 0.13

5.05 ± 0.08

5.22 ± 0.12

0–15

5.66 ± 0.28^a

6.93 ± 0.64

6.77 ± 0.48^a

9.09 ± 0.68

8.64 ± 0.57^a

15–30

3.21 ± 0.21^b

6.49 ± 0.95

4.94 ± 0.54^b

7.22 ± 0.88

6.53 ± 0.58^b

0–15

0.46 ± 0.03^a

0.72 ± 0.09

0.63 ± 0.07

0.94 ± 0.07

0.83 ± 0.05^a

15–30

0.25 ± 0.02^b

0.63 ± 0.11

0.53 ± 0.08

0.77 ± 0.09

0.65 ± 0.05^b

0–15

12.51 ± 0.40

10.69 ± 0.60

11.93 ± 0.80

9.83 ± 0.40

10.55 ± 0.54

15–30

12.96 ± 0.47

11.64 ± 0.88

10.59 ± 0.64

9.56 ± 0.30

10.12 ± 0.33

0–15

0.73 ± 0.03^a

0.79 ± 0.03^a

0.71 ± 0.03^a

0.61 ± 0.03^a

0.70 ± 0.02^a

15–30

0.82 ± 0.03^a

0.93 ± 0.02^b

0.91 ± 0.03^b

0.76 ± 0.31^b

0.80 ± 0.02^b

0–15

5.05 ± 0.36^a

8.74 ± 1.34

6.69 ± 0.87

8.63 ± 0.78

8.69 ± 0.57

15–30

3.09 ± 0.26^b

9.03 ± 1.68

7.16 ± 1.08

8.72 ± 1.09

7.75 ± 0.59

0–15

61.59 ± 3.36^a

82.58 ± 8.46

71.46 ± 5.89

82.92 ± 7.52

90.32 ± 6.32

15–30

39.05 ± 2.85^b

92.49 ± 14.7

66.70 ± 7.04

81.39 ± 9.94

78.03 ± 6.63