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Table 1 Effects of burning (B), vegetation types (VT) and their interaction effects on C storage in tree biomass, shrub biomass, herb biomass, total plant biomass (the sum of tree, shrub and herb biomasses), forest floors, and soil organic C (SOC) storage at 0–20 cm depth, ecosystem C storage (the sum of tree biomass C, shrub biomass C, herb biomass C, forest floors C and SOC), and soil bulk density in the 6th year after treatments

From: Effects of prescribed burning on carbon accumulation in two paired vegetation sites in subtropical China

Factors

B

VT

B × VT

F

P

F

P

F

P

Tree biomass C

0.48

0.508

62.60

0.000

0.64

0.449

Shrub biomass C

3.19

0.112

0.05

0.826

0.35

0.573

Herb biomass C

8.50

0.019

9.69

0.014

20.51

0.002

Total plant biomass C

1.48

0.259

46.24

< 0.001

< 0.01

0.961

Forest floors C

2.80

0.133

6.38

0.035

0.34

0.574

SOC storage

0.00

0.968

0.07

0.799

1.14

0.316

Ecosystem C

0.23

0.642

12.08

0.008

0.28

0.608

Soil bulk density (0–10 cm)

1.88

0.208

0.04

0.842

0.47

0.512

Soil bulk density (10–20 cm)

0.37

0.560

1.24

0.298

1.73

0.224