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Table 1 Oven-dried stand biomass (Mg∙ha−1) and carbon stock (Mg C∙ha−1) in moist tropical forest of eastern Nepal

From: Effect of disturbance on biomass, production and carbon dynamics in moist tropical forest of eastern Nepal

Components

Undisturbed stand

Disturbed stand

Biomass

Carbon stock

Biomass

Carbon stock

Trees

Bole

610.4 ± 20.0

287.5

281.5 ± 15.8

132.59

Branch

119.4 ± 3.2

56.23

56.8 ± 3.1

26.75

Twig

32.9 ± 1.6

15.59

14.5 ± 0.9

6.87

Leaf

20.8 ± 0.8

9.67

9.5 ± 0.5

4.42

Coarse root

164.5 ± 12.0

77.48

76.1 ± 11.0

35.84

Total

948.0 ± 108.8

446.47

438.4 ± 50.1

206.47

Shrubs

Stem

2.0 ± 0.2

0.94

3.00 ± 0.4

1.41

 

Leaf

1.0 ± 0.1

0.46

1.14 ± 0.1

0.52

Root

1.4 ± 0.1

0.66

1.92 ± 0.2

0.90

Total

4.4 ± 0.3

2.06

6.1 ± 0.5

2.83

Herbsa

 

1.4 ± 0.1

0.61

1.2 ± 0.1

0.53

Stand fine root

6.6 ± 0.1

2.92

3.4 ± 0.2

1.50

Total, Vegetation

960.4 ± 73.1

452.06

449.1 ± 33.6

211.33

  1. aAboveground parts