Table 3 Nutrients fluxes by litterfall, and pools in the stand litter and their mean residence time (years) of the two forest sites studied
From: Comparison of P and cation cycling in two contrasting seasonally dry forest ecosystems
Tropical dry forest (TDF)a,b | Mediterranean temperate forest (MTF)c | |||||||||
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Dry Matter | P | Ca | K | Mg | Dry Matter | P | Ca | K | Mg | |
Mg ha−1 year−1 or Mg ha−1 | kg ha−1 year−1 or kg ha−1 | Mg ha−1 year−1 or Mg ha−1 | kg ha−1 year−1 or kg ha−1 | |||||||
Litterfall | 3.39 | 3.8 | 114.0 | 23.1 | 15.9 | 2.09 | 1.6 | 18.1 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
Stand litter | 5.11 | 4.1 | 202.0 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 5.25 | 2.8 | 36.0 | 4.6 | 7.2 |
Mean residence time | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |