. 2020 Aug 10;10:13444. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70313-6

Table 2.

Mean ecosystem-level C stocks (Mg C/ha) of different components at seven selected forest sites of KWLS, Western Ghats, India.

Component	Tropical dry deciduous		Tropical semi-evergreen		Tropical evergreen			Mean total	P-value
Component	TDD I	TDD II	TSE I	TSE II	TEF I	TEF II	TEF III	Mean total	P-value
Tree juveniles (< 10 cm)	2.22 ± 0.4^ab	0.69 ± 0.1^c	2.62 ± 0.3^ab	1.24 ± 0.1^bc	3.2 ± 0.3^a	3 ± 0.3^a	3.4 ± 0.3^a	2.3	0.0001
Tree adults (≥ 10 cm)	83.08 ± 8^d	111.9 ± 9^cd	187.1 ± 22.6^bc	145.9 ± 14^cd	257.6 ± 23^b	360.7 ± 25.9^a	440.8 ± 38.5^a	226.7	0.0001
Woody climbers	4.17 ± 9.9^ab	0.01 ± 0.01^b	0.003 ± 0.0^b	1.41 ± 0.4^ab	5.74 ± 1.9^a	3.08 ± 1.3^ab	1.58 ± 1.1^ab	2.3	0.010
Bamboo and palms	0.11 ± 0.07^a	–	–	–	0.01 ± 0.01^a	0.01 ± 0.01^a	–	0.02	0.080
Understorey	0.17 ± 0.03^c	19.07 ± 0.8^a	1.63 ± 0.21^b	–	–	–	–	3.0	0.0001
Litter	1.14 ± 0.08^c	0.96 ± 0.06^c	2.62 ± 0.19^b	3.19 ± 0.18^ab	2.63 ± 0.24^b	3.49 ± 0.10^a	3.12 ± 0.19^ab	2.4	0.0001
Deadwood	12.3 ± 4.1^c	3.3 ± 1.7^c	23.6 ± 10.3^b	16.1 ± 4.1^a	18.2 ± 8.4^b	25.9 ± 7.5^a	6.8 ± 1.6^a	15.2	0.0001

Mean value ± standard error. Mean values within a row followed by different lower case letters are significantly different.