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Table 3 Seasonal variations of carbon stocks of Marsabit Central grazing lands
From: Carbon stocks in semi-arid pastoral ecosystems of northern Kenya
Landscape carbon pool | Seasonal variation | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Wet | Dry | ||
Above-ground herbaceous carbon | 0.49 ± 0.02 | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 0.0027 |
Below-ground herbaceous carbon | 0.27 ± 0.01 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 0.1208 |
Above-ground woody carbon | 4.43 ± 0.47 | 4.4 ± 0.47 | 0.9833 |
Below-ground woody carbon | 0.88 ± 0.0957 | 0.89 ± 0.0957 | 0.9844 |
Soil carbon | 93.32 ± 9.06 | 87.5 ± 9.06 | 0.0926 |
Total carbon | 99.39 ± 9.1576 | 93.42 ± 9.1576 | 0.0942 |