Effect of Forest Management on Carbon Stock of Tropical Moist Afromontane Forest

Table 2

Comparative analysis of mean carbon stock between elevation, slope, and aspect classes.

Topographic factors	SOCS (t·ha^–1)	AGCS (t·ha^–1)
Slope (%)
Steep (> 20) (N = 34)	117.96 ± 6.88	211.71 ± 18.98^b
Intermediate (10–20) (N = 42)	118.75 ± 5.06	219.79 ± 22.99^b
Flat (<10) (N = 24)	118.68 ± 8.34	167.92 ± 16.67^a
Elevation (m)
Higher (1483–1615) (N = 19)	114.48 ± 8.68	161.18 ± 17.96^a
Middle (1406–1480) (N = 52)	115.42 ± 4.47	210.81 ± 20.5^b
Lower (1242–1392) (N = 29)	128.69 ± 8.41	221.29 ± 20.56^b
Aspect
N (N = 33)	113.46 ± 5.49	212.01 ± 16.95
NE (N = 10)	132.86 ± 11.99	213.01 ± 51.32
NW (N = 7)	146.89 ± 15.17	249.76 ± 43.64
S (N = 25)	118.12 ± 7.07	185.23 ± 22.60
SE (N = 6)	89.84 ± 4.94	195.23 ± 52.90
SW (N = 18)	117.23 ± 6.23	192.66 ± 39.43
W (N = 1)	112.86 ± 0.00	202.94 ± 0.00

N is the number of plots. N: north, NE: northeast, NW: northwest, S: south, SE: southeast, SW: southwest, W: west. Different letters in vertical refer to significant difference at .