Table 6. Below to aboveground ratio(Root/shoot ratio; R) one sample t-test results.
Species
Root/shoot ratio
μ
P
-value
M. glyptostroboides
0.446(0.009)
0.28(Fixed coefficient by forest type)
<0.001
P. occidentalis
0.402(0.012)
0.41(Fixed coefficient by forest type)
>0.05
μ is the coefficient used during the calculation of urban forest carbon stocks(
Son et al., 2008
;
Park and Jwa, 2009
).