. 2022 Oct 6;12:16769. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21089-4

Table 4.

Fine root biomass (Mg ha⁻¹) in the soils across different land-uses by depth classes and region.

Land-use/soil depth	Fine root biomass stocks, Mg ha⁻¹, mean (± 95% CI)
Land-use/soil depth	Jalisco	Campeche	Chiapas
Open pasturelands
0–10 cm	1.28 (± 0.70)^a	3.00 (± 1.52)^ab	2.99 (± 1.27)^a
10–20 cm	0.41 (0.25)^p	1.41 (± 1.03)^p	0.54 (± 0.23)^p
20–30 cm	0.41 (± 0.28)^x	0.25 (± 0.15)^x	0.24 (± 0.07)^x
Σ(0–30) cm	2.10 (± 0.92)^A	4.66 (± 1.99)^A	3.77 (± 1.35)^A
Fodder banks
0–10 cm	2.26 (± 1.11)^a	nd	1.66 (± 0.45)^a
10–20 cm	0.95 (± 0.70)^p	nd	0.75 (± 0.31)^p
20–30 cm	0.68 (± 0.50)^x	nd	0.29 (± 0.09)^x
Σ(0 – 30) cm	3.90 (± 1.92)^AB	nd	2.71 (± 0.64)^A
Live fences
0–10 cm	nd	2.09 (± 1.08)^a	4.91 (± 2.41)^a
10–20 cm	nd	0.57 (± 0.18)^p	4.87 (± 3.66)^p
20–30 cm	nd	0.38 (± 0.16)^x	2.72 (± 3.51)^x
Σ(0–30) cm	nd	3.04 (± 1.13)^A	12.50 (± 7.74)^B
Dispersed trees on pasturelands
0–10 cm	2.19 (± 1.96)^a	1.71 (± 0.78)^a	1.28 (± 0.47)^a
10–20 cm	1.07 (± 0.90)^p	1.10 (± 0.65)^p	1.40 (± 0.70)^p
20–30 cm	0.72 (± 0.51)^x	1.11 (± 0.67)^xy	0.96 (± 0.96)^x
Σ(0–30) cm	3.98 (± 2.46)^AB	3.92 (± 1.12)^A	3.64 (± 1.51)^A
Secondary forests
0–10 cm	1.79 (± 0.65)^a	2.72 (± 1.69)^ab	1.68 (± 1.21)^a
10–20 cm	2.20 (± 1.49)^p	1.88 (± 0.87)^p	1.97 (± 1.30)^p
20–30 cm	2.48 (± 1.59)^x	1.73 (± 0.92)^xy	1.99 (± 1.44)^x
Σ(0–30) cm	5.80 (± 2.32)^B	6.33 (± 2.65)^AB	6.64 (± 2.08)^AB
Primary forests
0–10 cm	nd	4.88 (± 1.63)^b	5.21 (± 3.00)^a
10–20 cm	nd	2.72 (± 1.48)^p	2.69 (± 0.99)^p
20–30 cm	nd	2.22 (± 1.01)^y	4.25 (± 2.93)^x
Σ(0–30) cm	nd	9.82 (± 1.96)^B	12.15 (± 4.44)^B

Different letters indicate statistical differences between land-uses (p < 0.05) within the same depth class. CI = Confidence intervals.

nd: data not available.