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Table 1 Carbon and nitrogen content and C/N ratio of soils under deadwood influence in different experimental localities

From: Impact of deadwood decomposition on soil organic carbon sequestration in Estonian and Polish forests

Properties

Species

DC

Experimental localities

Estonia

Poland

Distance

0 cm

10 cm

50 cm

0 cm

10 cm

50 cm

C

Aspen

III

33.3bx

35.4ax

45.3ax

58.2ax

41.3ax

38.9ax

IV

38.1bx

42.3bx

38.4ax

84.7ax

66.5axy

51.9ay

V

51.7bx

33.8bx

36.6bx

218.2ax

94.3ay

63.3az

Birch

III

52.0ax

47.5ax

37.7ax

72.4ax

47.4ay

38.9ay

IV

66.3bx

55.3ax

50.3ax

105.3ax

72.7ay

55.7ay

V

102.6bx

85.8axy

68.1ay

140.3ax

77.7ay

59.0ay

Spruce

III

37.5bx

40.9bx

33.7ax

95.9ax

68.9ay

56.1ay

IV

36.4bx

33.9bx

35.7ax

105.3ax

60.3ay

32.9az

V

56.2bx

42.0bxy

35.5by

202.5ax

127.2ay

85.3az

N

Aspen

III

2.6bx

2.8ax

3.3ax

3.8ax

2.7ay

2.8ay

IV

2.4bx

2.8ax

2.6ax

4.5ax

3.5ay

2.9ay

V

2.8bx

2.3by

2.3ay

11.4ax

5.1ay

3.4az

Birch

III

2.8bx

2.6ax

2.1ax

4.3ax

3.3ay

3.0ay

IV

3.2bx

3.0bx

2.8ax

5.7ax

4.6ay

3.6az

V

4.8bx

4.4ax

3.6ay

7.9ax

5.1ay

4.0az

Spruce

III

2.3bx

2.6ax

2.2ax

5.0ax

3.6ay

3.0ay

IV

1.7bx

1.9bx

2.0ax

6.1ax

3.5ay

2.2az

V

3.2bx

2.9bx

2.4bx

9.6ax

6.2ay

4.5az

C/N

Aspen

III

13.1ax

13.0ax

14.2ax

15.5ax

15.0ax

14.1ax

IV

15.6ax

15.0bx

14.4bx

18.9ax

19.2ax

18.4ax

V

18.4ax

14.5by

15.6ay

19.2ax

18.3ax

19.1ax

Birch

III

18.7ax

18.1ax

18.4ax

16.9ax

14.5bxy

13.1by

IV

20.7ax

18.2ax

18.0ax

18.6ax

15.8ay

15.7ay

V

22.0ax

19.5ay

18.7ay

17.9bx

15.4bxy

14.8by

Spruce

III

16.2ax

16.0ax

15.0bx

19.2ax

19.5ax

18.9ax

IV

21.4ax

18.1ay

17.7ay

17.7bx

18.3ax

17.3ax

V

17.7ax

14.7by

14.7by

21.0ax

20.8ax

19.3ax

  1. DC, decay classes (III–V); 0, 10, and 50 cm, distance from logs; C, carbon content (g kg−1); N, nitrogen content (g kg−1); different lowercase alphabets in the upper index mean significant differences of parameters between soils from Estonia and Poland (a, b) and between distance variants (x, y, z)