Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 Mean biomass carbon density (Mean BCD) and biomass carbon storage (BCS) of natural, planted and all coniferous forests in the study region

From: Spatial pattern and driving factors of biomass carbon density for natural and planted coniferous forests in mountainous terrain, eastern Loess Plateau of China

Forest type	Mean BCD (Mg∙ha⁻¹)			BCS (10⁴ Mg)
Forest type	Natural	Planted	All	Natural	Planted	All
Pinus^a	23.36_a	17.02_a	20.83_a	819.18	397.99	1217.17
Platycladus^a	11.74_b	1.95_b	8.07_b	64.91	6.46	71.37
Larix^a	52.83_c	27.67_a	33.96_c	125.18	196.7	321.88
Picea	85.76_d	67.48_c	81.70_d	189.67	42.64	232.31
others	15.37	1.69	10.81	4.88	0.27	5.15
Mean^a/Total	26.46	18.69	23.07	1203.82	644.06	1847.88

(1)^a There is a significant difference between the mean BCDs of natural and planted forests (P < 0.05). (2) Within a column, means followed by different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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