Characterization of carbon fluxes, stock and nutrients in the sacred forest groves and invasive vegetation stands within the human dominated landscapes of a tropical semi-arid region.

Results Ecological diversity and soil physicochemical profile of Sacred Groves Stands (SGS) and Prosopis juliflora Stands (PJS) Our study comparing ecological indices between PJS and SGS revealed highly significant differences in both diversity and evenness; Shannon–Wiener diversity index values indicated high diversity (3.65 ± 0.52) in SGS when compared to PJS (0.46 ± 0.33) ( p < 0.01***—Man-Whitney U Test) (Fig. 1 e).

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