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Table 5 Total carbon stocks (Mg ha−1) and CO2 sequestration (tons of CO2 seq.) of the five forests

From: Carbon stocks and factors affecting their storage in dry Afromontane forests of Awi Zone, northwestern Ethiopia

Carbon pool

Carbon stocks and sequestration of forest

Tsahare Kan

Apini

Dabkuli

Bari

Kahatsa

AGB

170.1 ± 31.9

171.2 ± 51.3

207.4 ± 47.2

269.1 ± 46.8

140.8 ± 37.1

BB

34.0 ± 6.4

34.2 ± 10.3

41.5 ± 9.4

53.8 ± 9.4

27.7 ± 7.4

SOC

100.6 ± 4.5

175.1 ± 21.1

138.2 ± 10.6

164.3 ± 15.5

168.4 ± 10.9

TCS

305.8 ± 38.8

385.7 ± 72.9

387.9 ± 60.9

487.3 ± 63.0

337.4 ± 49.9

CO2 seq.

1129.5 ± 142.2

1407.5 ± 267.8

1431.3 ± 223.5

1799.1 ± 231.1

1246.1 ± 187.7

  1. AGB aboveground biomass, BB belowground biomass, SOC soil organic carbon (0–30 cm), TCS total carbon stocks