Research Article

Effects of Environmental Factors on Carbon Stocks of Dry Evergreen Afromontane Forests of the Choke Mountain Ecosystem, Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 7

Tests of between-subject effects in Anshirava forest.

SourceDependent variableType III sum of squaresdfMean squareFSig.Partial eta squared

Corrected modelSCS18019.730a35514.8492.9990.0040.827
AGBC761137.455b3521746.7842.2150.0260.779
BGBC30855.926c35881.5982.7030.0080.811
LC202.650d355.79010.4850.0000.943
USBC425.259e3512.15020.7400.0000.971
DWC332.922f359.5126.3590.0000.910
TCS1315060.564g3537573.1592.3770.0180.791

InterceptSCS379218.9591379218.9592209.2430.0000.990
AGBC917628.7521917628.75293.4730.0000.809
BGBC37318.601137318.601114.4410.0000.839
LC226.2611226.261409.7360.0000.949
USBC1199.93611199.9362048.2120.0000.989
DWC87.508187.50858.5000.0000.727
TCS3334107.53013334107.530210.8890.0000.906

AltitudeSCS519.3752259.6874.2490.0200.148
AGBC5714.35522857.1774.1250.0010.402
BGBC261.5182130.7594.1250.0010.402
LC13.63126.81512.3420.0000.529
USBC35.464217.73230.2670.0000.733
DWC6.98523.4922.3350.1200.175
TCS13703.26126851.6300.4330.6540.038

SlopeSCS3435.93821717.96910.0080.0010.476
AGBC18590.74129295.3715.0780.0020.293
BGBC702.9432351.4715.0780.0020.293
LC82.263241.13174.4850.0000.871
USBC184.679292.340157.6180.0000.935
DWC79.211239.60526.4760.0000.706
TCS39658.268219829.1341.2540.3050.102

AspectSCS1301.5887185.9411.0830.4070.256
AGBC179865.101725695.0142.6170.0400.454
BGBC7095.32171013.6173.1080.0190.497
LC7.15271.0221.8500.1280.371
USBC9.97471.4252.4320.0520.436
DWC39.54875.6501.2990.2780.197
TCS288456.068741208.0102.6060.0400.453

AltitudeslopeSCS274.124391.3750.5320.6650.068
AGBC130950.667343650.2224.4460.0140.377
BGBC5238.02631746.0095.3540.0060.422
LC14.01634.6728.4610.0010.536
USBC47.677315.89227.1270.0000.787
DWC1.91630.6390.4270.7360.055
TCS197143.960365714.6534.1570.0180.362

AltitudeaspectSCS1773.7478221.7181.2920.2980.320
AGBC15854.47781981.8100.2020.9870.068
BGBC542.727867.8410.2080.9860.070
LC6.14380.7681.3900.2550.336
USBC9.13081.1411.9480.1030.415
DWC8.91281.1140.7450.6520.213
TCS22607.05182825.8810.1790.9920.061

SlopeaspectSCS2050.5538256.3191.4930.2160.352
AGBC85784.406810723.0511.0920.4050.284
BGBC3218.3788402.2971.2340.3260.310
LC4.40780.5510.9980.4650.266
USBC11.44181.4302.4410.0470.470
DWC29.90583.7382.4990.0420.476
TCS129779.616816222.4521.0260.4460.272

AltitudeslopeaspectSCS410.0742205.0371.1940.3220.098
AGBC3497.27421748.6370.1780.8380.016
BGBC139.891269.9460.2140.8090.019
LC0.49920.2490.4510.6420.039
USBC4.09622.0483.4960.0480.241
DWC1.15320.5770.3850.6850.034
TCS8574.51224287.2560.2710.7650.024

ErrorSCS3776.32422171.651
AGBC215975.931229817.088
BGBC7174.10322326.096
LC12.149220.552
USBC12.889220.586
DWC32.909221.496
TCS347814.2322215809.738

TotalSCS742010.10358
AGBC2860094.80858
BGBC115004.38058
LC634.65458
USBC2591.08558
DWC472.53858
TCS8296252.64358

Corrected totalSCS21796.05457
AGBC977113.38757
BGBC38030.02957
LC214.79857
USBC438.14757
DWC365.83257
TCS1662874.79657

The mean difference is significant at 0.05 level. aR squared = 0.827 (adjusted R squared = 0.551); bR squared = 0.779 (adjusted R squared = 0.427); cR squared = 0.811 (adjusted R squared = 0.511); dR squared = 0.943 (adjusted R squared = 0.853); eR squared = 0.971 (adjusted R squared = 0.924); fR squared = 0.910 (adjusted R squared = 0.767); gR squared = 0.791 (adjusted R squared = 0.458); hcomputed using alpha = 0.05.