Table 4 Variations in active and passive SOC pool (Mg C ha⁻¹) in different forest types at 0–45 cm depth.

PSF

53.73 ± 6.91^a

23.88 ± 1.08^b

19.24 ± 1.03^ns

14.59 ± 0.59^ns

77.62 ± 2.04^b

33.83 ± 1.52^ns

SDMDF

28.09 ± 2.73^b

15.84 ± 1.06^a

15.84 ± 0.74^ns

12.96 ± 0.68^ns

43.21 ± 0.69^a

28.81 ± 0.57^ns

MDFWS

19.87 ± 0.56^c

12.23 ± 0.17^a

12.23 ± 0.37^ns

9.17 ± 0.29^ns

32.87 ± 0.22^a

21.40 ± 0.85^ns

P value

0.009

0.046

0.154

0.095

0.016

0.125