2017 ), and a positive trend in respect of SOC (Kitayama and Aiba 2002 ; Raich et al. 2006 ; Girardin et al. 2010 ), with no significant net changes in total C stocks (Girardin et al. 2010 ; Selmants et al. 2014 ).
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Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India?
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As expected, C stocks (per ha) and holding sizes showed a negative trend, albeit weak, implying greater biomass accumulation on a unit area basis in the smaller gardens, presumably because of more intense land management including higher stand density (stems per ha), than large gardens.