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Table 1 Soil carbon storage for the different forest species grown under four planting spacings at 9 years old

From: Carbon stocks, partitioning, and wood composition in short-rotation forestry system under reduced planting spacing

Species

Spacing (m)

Depth (cm)

Soil carbon stock (Mg C ha−1)

Standard deviation

Eucalyptus grandis

3.0 × 1.5

0–20

45.860 aA*

0.431

20–40

39.293 bA

0.748

3.0 × 1.0

0–20

41.836 aA

0.463

20–40

32.220 bB

0.844

2.0 × 1.5

0–20

41.474 aA

0.384

20–40

34.619 bB

0.961

2.0 × 1.0

0–20

46.153 aA

0.967

20–40

33.235 bB

0.756

Mimosa scabrella

3.0 × 1.5

0–20

37.623 aA

0.911

20–40

31.280 bB

0.651

3.0 × 1.0

0–20

45.642 aA

0.998

20–40

34.279 bAB

0.658

2.0 × 1.5

0–20

44.466 aA

0.455

20–40

36.806 bA

0.623

2.0 × 1.0

0–20

43.359 aA

0.539

20–40

31.066 bB

0.649

Ateleia glazioviana

3.0 × 1.5

0–20

41.451 aA

0.220

20–40

33.171 bA

0.183

3.0 × 1.0

0–20

40.456 aA

0.317

20–40

30.813 bA

0.643

2.0 × 1.5

0–20

45.789 aA

0.377

20–40

35.369 bA

0.769

2.0 × 1.0

0–20

46.728 aA

0.397

20–40

35.927 bA

0.852

  1. *Different small letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) by Tukey test among two depths for each planting spacing, and capital letters indicate significant differences by planting spacings of each forest species