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Table 4 Total and individual kg m -2 C stocks for each plot

From: Twentieth century carbon stock changes related to Piñon-Juniper expansion into a black sagebrush community

Carbon Stock

HSC (kg m-2)

LD (kg m-2)

HD (kg m-2)

PJD (kg m-2)

Piñon and Juniper

0.0003 (NA)

1.13 (NA)

3.24 (NA)

1.10 (NA)

Black sagebrush

0.41 (.01)

0.31 (0.03)

0.17 (0.02)

0.31 (0.02)

Grass

0.006 (.002)

0.006 (0.001)

0.001 (0.0006)

0.011 (0.001)

Duff/Litter

0.05 (0.01) c

0.42 (0.11) b

0.71 (0.13) a

0.53 (0.14) a

Mineral Soil

1.52 (0.06) ab

1.68 (0.07) a

1.37 (0.05) b

1.44 (0.06) b

Total C

1.99

3.55

5.49

3.39

  1. Numbers in brackets are ± standard error values. For duff/litter and mineral soil values with the same letter are not significantly different. Piñon and Juniper C stocks are calculated with the allometric equations developed by Darling [40].
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