Table 4 C stored in the woody debris classified by the various diameter class in Acacia and Eucalyptus plantations of different stand age (t·ha⁻¹).

Type	Period	2.5~10 cm			10~20 cm			20~30 cm			>30 cm
Type	Period	Snags	Logs	Total	Snags	Logs	Total	Snags	Logs	Total	Snags	Logs	Total
Eucalyptus	Young	0a	0Aa	0Aa	0a	0Aa	0A	0a	0Aa	0Aa	0a	0a	0a
	Middle-aged	0.117 ± 0.11b	0.050 ± 0.11Bb	0.167 ± 0.15ABb	0.199 ± 0.11b	0.116 ± 0.09Ab	0.314 ± 0.12Ba	0.085 ± 0.09a	0.014 ± 0.01Aa	0.098 ± 0.09ABa	0.00 ± 0.00a	0.00 ± 0.00a	0.00 ± 0.00a
	Mature	0.051 ± 0.01ab	0.158 ± 0.05Bc	0.210 ± 0.03Bb	0.202 ± 0.13b	0.405 ± 0.07Bc	0.606 ± 0.13Bb	0.157 ± 0.17a	0.124 ± 0.08Bb	0.280 ± 0.12Bb	0.047 ± 0.05b	0.064 ± 0.06b	0.111 ± 0.10b
Acacia	Young	0.044 ± 0.04a	0.213 ± 0.12a	0.256 ± 0.15a	0.056 ± 0.03a	0.117 ± 0.04a	0.174 ± 0.07Aa	0a	0a	0Aa	0a	0a	0a
	Middle-aged	0.210 ± 0.15a	1.232 ± 1.44a	1.442 ± 1.35a	1.183 ± 0.87ab	0.334 ± 0.15a	1.518 ± 0.73ab	0.813 ± 0.99ab	0.220 ± 0.39a	1.033 ± 0.96ab	0.556 ± 0.69a	0.012 ± 0.02a	0.568 ± 0.69a
	Mature	0.125 ± 0.06a	0.941 ± 0.43a	1.067 ± 0.45a	1.994 ± 1.04b	1.069 ± 1.46a	3.063 ± 1.52Bb	1.420 ± 0.58b	0.500 ± 0.06a	1.920 ± 0.62Bb	0.407 ± 0.31a	0.223 ± 0.39a	0.630 ± 0.40a
Forest types		ns	*	**	**	ns	**	*	*	**	*	ns	*

Note: Values are shown as mean ± SD; different lower case (P < 0.05) and upper case (P < 0.01) letters within a column indicate a significant difference between the various ages of a given forest type; ns: not significant, *significant difference (P < 0.05), **extremely significant difference (P < 0.01) between the Eucalyptus and Acacia plantations.

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