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. 2021 Apr 29;11:9254. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88775-7

Table 2.

Equations used in analyses of data.

No. Equation References
1 AGB(kg)=(0.0673×(ρD2H)0.976) 74
2 AGB (kg) = 4.5 + (7.7 × H) 79
3 AGB (kg) = 10 + 6.4 H 80
4 AGB (kg) = − 3.956 × H2 + (55.247 × H) − 2.0342 81
5 Biomass C (Mg ha−1) = Biomass (dry mass, Mg ha−1) × 0.5 Mg C 82
6 Margalefrichnessindex=(N-1)ln(n) 83
7 Shannon–Wiener index, H=pi×ln(pi) 84
8 Tree density (tree ha−1) = n/A
9 Basal area, BA (m2 tree−1) = π(D×0.01)42 85
10 Basal area (m2 ha−1)=ΣBAAreaofeachhomesteadforestha 85
11 Loss of ignition, LOI % = W1/W2 × 100 86
12 Soil organic carbon, SOC % = 0.47 × (% LOI – 1.87) 86
13 SOC stock (Mg ha−1) = SOC % × BD × SD 87
14 Drymassoflittersample(DM)(g)=DrymassofsubsampleFreshmassofsubsample×Freshmassofthesample 88
15 Litterdrymassperunitarea(Mgha-1)=DM(g)Samplingframearea(cm2)×100 88

AGB (kg) is above-ground biomass, ρ wood density (g cm−3), D is tree DBH (cm), H tree height (m), N the total number of species, n the total number of individuals of all species, pi is the ratio of S to n, where, S denotes individuals of each species in a homestead forest, A an area of the homestead forest (ha), W1 is the loss in mass (g), W2 mass of oven-dried soil (g), BD bulk density of soil (g cm−3), SD soil depth (cm).