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Table 4 Patch disturbance levels across patch size categories and carbon stock in northern Ethiopia

From: Carbon storages and sequestration potentials in remnant forests of different patch sizes in northern Ethiopia: an implication for climate change mitigation

Patch size categories

Stem density ha−1

Stump density ha−1

Patch disturbance level (%)

Total carbon stock (ton ha−1)

Small

992b ± 44

302a ± 27

30.80a ± 4.04

3.25b ± 0.12

Medium

1111ab ± 123

199b ± 12

18.13b ± 1.04

184.54a ± 35.57

Large

1411a ± 28

152b ± 16

10.83b ± 1.30

221.91a ± 35.32

Overall

1171 ± 73

218 ± 24

19.92 ± 3.18

136.57 ± 36.73

F

7.888

15.643

16.027

16.333

P

0.021

0.004

0.004

0.004