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Table 7 Decomposition (percentage of initial mass remaining) during the time of the experiment

From: Short life–fast death: decomposition rates of woody plants leaf- and herb-litter

Interval (days)

Species

Mean rest of litter (%)

SE (%)

Results of ANOVA

7

CorCav

13.82

1.44

a

AneNem

9.19

1.07

abcd

AneRan

12.88

2.29

ab

FicVer

12.08

1.35

ab

AsaEur

6.7

1.07

bcd

ParQua

11.59

1.26

abc

AdoMos

13.7

2.57

ab

MaiBif

13.76

0.88

a

AegPodS

13.77

1.36

a

AllPet

8.16

0.83

abcd

MerPer

4.68

0.66

d

UrtDio

6.91

0.96

abcd

AegPodL

11.33

1.83

abc

StaSyl

5.29

1.03

cd

GalLut

9.76

1.49

abcd

14

CorCav

16.53

2.87

def

AneNem

10.68

2.33

efg

AneRan

15.89

0.96

def

FicVer

19.35

3.92

cde

AsaEur

27.73

1.92

bc

ParQua

39.63

4.04

ab

AdoMos

51.36

2.68

a

MaiBif

23.27

1.2

cd

AegPodS.

23.26

2.21

cd

AllPet

16.09

1.61

cdef

MerPer

7.97

1.07

fgh

UrtDio

9.38

1.33

fg

AegPodL

9.9

0.91

efg

StaSyl

7.73

0.98

fgh

GalLut

15.49

2.49

def

CorAve

5.1

0.63

gh

FraExc

6.66

1.09

gh

CarBet

4.2

0.36

gh

AcePse

5.03

1.46

gh

QueRob

2.44

0.18

h

21

CorCav

48.5

6.35

abc

AneNem

36.1

3.43

cdef

AneRan

39.79

4.53

cde

FicVer

45.61

5.33

bcd

AsaEur

29.34

5.91

def

ParQua

58.7

1.74

ab

AdoMos

66.21

2.00

a

MaiBif

25.21

1.67

efg

AegPodS

26.44

2.92

efg

AllPet

21.28

1.71

fgh

MerPer

8.00

1.51

i

UrtDio

10.85

1.22

hi

AegPodL

12.7

0.87

ghi

StaSyl

10.26

1.13

hi

GalLut

22.54

1.85

efgh

28

CorCav

63.94

3.15

abc

AneNem

56.04

5.61

bcd

AneRan

75.29

2.25

a

FicVer

71.49

4.65

ab

AsaEur

48.82

4.88

cde

ParQua

62.16

5.34

abc

AdoMos

71.63

2.86

ab

MaiBif

35.56

6.6

efg

AegPodS

31.13

2.92

efgh

AllPet

16.63

2.81

hijk

MerPer

18.76

1.75

ghijk

UrtDio

20.67

2.23

ghij

AegPodL

30.24

3.56

fghi

StaSyl

14.47

1.25

ijkl

GalLut

39.05

2.45

def

CorAve

8.09

0.7

jkl

FraExc

14.69

2.24

hijkl

CarBet

7.08

0.51

kl

AcePse

10.97

1.12

jkl

QueRob

4.49

0.74

l

35

CorCav

77.45

4.55

ab

AneNem

59.57

5.85

bcd

AneRan

81.65

3.66

a

FicVer

71.47

5.00

abc

AsaEur

51.4

7.66

cde

ParQua

76.75

2.72

ab

AdoMos

82.39

6.93

a

MaiBif

38.07

2.37

defg

AegPodS

29.63

3.94

efgh

AllPet

18.26

0.56

gh

MerPer

21.76

1.52

fgh

UrtDio

17.21

1.75

h

AegPodL

28.74

1.28

fgh

StaSyl

16.93

0.6

h

GalLut

41.68

2.49

def

42

CorCav

80.76

2.28

ab

AneNem

69.04

3.91

bc

AneRan

87.62

1.00

a

FicVer

78.80

1.71

ab

AsaEur

60.31

6.83

c

ParQua

85.56

2.68

a

AdoMos

86.12

4.3

a

MaiBif

42.52

2.84

d

AegPodS

29.85

2.73

def

AllPet

21.48

1.78

fg

MerPer

18.67

0.86

fg

UrtDio

20.00

2.26

fg

AegPodL

26.08

1.57

ef

StaSyl

17.55

1.12

fg

GalLut

39.19

3.7

de

CorAve

11.94

1.46

gh

FraExc

18.38

1.4

fg

CarBet

11.11

1.01

gh

AcePse

12.77

1.12

gh

QueRob

6.2

0.37

h

49

CorCav

87.55

3.2

a

AneNem

86.8

3.06

a

AneRan

89.25

2.31

a

FicVer

87.52

2.55

a

AsaEur

68.41

7.72

a

ParQua

90.63

2.75

a

AdoMos

88.91

6.48

a

MaiBif

40.56

10.03

b

AegPodS

33.71

1.66

bc

AllPet

12.09

2.14

c

56

CorCav

94.19

1.99

a

AneNem

89.33

1.77

ab

AneRan

93.83

0.60

a

FicVer

91.12

1.55

ab

AsaEur

79.18

7.19

b

ParQua

89.31

4.23

ab

AdoMos

89.44

3.67

ab

MaiBif

56.56

3.45

c

AegPodS

33.47

1.23

de

AllPet

23.77

2.03

efg

MerPer

25.37

3.06

efg

UrtDio

19.82

2.62

efgh

AegPodL

30.56

1.34

def

StaSyl

21.32

1.57

efg

GalLut

45.75

2.69

cd

CorAve

14.17

0.90

fgh

FraExc

24.05

4.22

efg

CarBet

13.99

1.11

fgh

AcePse

12.17

1.15

gh

QueRob

6.4

0.54

h

63

CorCav

95.46

0.91

a

AneNem

88.22

1.97

a

AneRan

90.95

2.99

a

FicVer

94.23

1.10

a

AsaEur

90.13

2.52

a

ParQua

94.27

1.50

a

AdoMos

95.87

1.58

a

MaiBif

53.80

3.28

b

AegPodS

33.50

5.48

cde

AllPet

17.81

2.13

e

MerPer

32.96

3.23

cde

UrtDio

29.64

5.90

cde

AegPodL

34.40

2.91

cd

StaSyl

25.34

2.69

de

GalLut

47.98

5.62

bc

70

CorCav

94.11

0.85

ab

AneNem

92.45

1.36

ab

AneRan

89.66

1.57

ab

FicVer

92.73

1.17

ab

AsaEur

84.53

4.92

b

ParQua

93.27

1.55

ab

AdoMos

96.96

0.55

a

MaiBif

62.38

5.70

c

AegPodS

35.41

3.55

def

AllPet

18.67

1.97

ghi

MerPer

32.36

3.36

defg

UrtDio

30.26

1.92

efgh

AegPodL

44.64

3.30

de

StaSyl

27.08

2.93

fgh

GalLut

47.63

4.71

cd

CorAve

17.64

1.26

hi

FraExc

29.95

1.68

efgh

CarBet

17.66

1.43

hi

AcePse

18.30

0.91

ghi

QueRob

8.92

0.52

i

77

CorCav

94.34

1.53

a

AneNem

85.76

4.96

ab

AneRan

92.81

1.39

a

FicVer

90.56

5.46

a

AsaEur

70.32

6.88

bc

ParQua

91.15

2.96

a

AdoMos

91.23

2.45

a

MaiBif

48.92

5.38

cde

AegPodS

26.32

4.15

ef

AllPet

30.20

3.95

ef

MerPer

32.77

4.07

ef

UrtDio

24.07

2.47

f

AegPodL

40.06

1.22

def

StaSyl

26.03

2.41

f

GalLut

56.11

3.05

cd

84

CorCav

97.09

0.77

a

AneNem

92.99

0.97

ab

AneRan

95.17

1.06

ab

FicVer

93.50

2.36

ab

AsaEur

84.13

3.40

b

ParQua

95.94

1.25

a

AdoMos

94.79

2.07

ab

MaiBif

53.52

2.54

c

AegPodS

30.28

3.14

de

AllPet

24.19

2.01

de

MerPer

34.78

3.71

cde

UrtDio

22.62

4.44

ef

AegPodL

42.33

6.18

cd

StaSyl

24.91

3.50

de

GalLut

52.56

4.09

c

CorAve

19.02

1.74

ef

FraExc

29.87

2.44

de

CarBet

18.43

1.30

ef

AcePse

19.25

1.13

ef

QueRob

9.05

0.91

f

91

CorCav

96.65

1.10

a

AneNem

95.81

0.47

a

AneRan

98.46

0.21

a

FicVer

93.08

3.47

a

AsaEur

80.49

6.87

b

ParQua

96.72

0.90

a

AdoMos

95.00

2.02

a

MaiBif

45.43

3.10

cd

AegPodS

33.10

1.88

de

AllPet

26.48

2.68

e

MerPer

40.68

2.63

cde

UrtDio

30.59

3.30

de

AegPodL

46.68

2.92

cd

StaSyl

29.48

2.57

de

GalLut

53.86

1.88

c

98

CorCav

92.85

2.32

ab

AneNem

91.90

2.54

ab

AneRan

94.78

0.75

ab

FicVer

97.08

0.46

a

AsaEur

88.67

2.56

b

ParQua

92.88

1.88

ab

AdoMos

97.18

0.79

a

MaiBif

53.27

3.10

cd

AegPodS

23.32

3.53

gh

AllPet

26.79

3.37

gh

MerPer

43.43

2.65

def

UrtDio

33.60

1.72

fgh

AegPodL

50.24

3.48

cde

StaSyl

27.03

1.47

gh

GalLut

62.99

4.95

c

CorAve

19.74

1.30

hi

FraExc

35.56

1.88

efg

CarBet

21.00

1.29

ghi

AcePse

21.81

1.01

ghi

QueRob

10.87

0.67

i

105

CorCav

96.74

0.44

a

AneNem

94.98

0.60

a

AneRan

96.70

0.56

a

FicVer

94.72

1.42

a

AsaEur

80.76

6.32

b

ParQua

97.01

0.59

a

AdoMos

96.92

0.15

a

MaiBif

52.63

4.34

c

AegPodS

26.27

2.86

d

AllPet

27.96

2.42

d

112

CorCav

93.96

1.54

ab

AneNem

96.62

0.49

ab

AneRan

97.79

0.65

a

FicVer

97.48

0.25

a

AsaEur

87.26

4.07

b

ParQua

97.06

0.61

ab

AdoMos

96.43

1.40

ab

MaiBif

46.81

2.51

c

AegPodS

30.88

9.31

cde

AllPet

30.95

2.04

cde

MerPer

38.62

4.13

cd

UrtDio

28.61

1.46

de

AegPodL

47.00

3.44

c

StaSyl

26.96

1.35

def

CorAve

19.90

0.51

ef

FraExc

33.64

2.38

cde

CarBet

20.77

2.86

ef

AcePse

22.33

1.31

ef

QueRob

13.90

1.43

f

119

CorCav

94.78

2.64

a

AneNem

93.66

1.98

a

AneRan

97.77

0.33

a

FicVer

94.21

1.74

a

AsaEur

90.17

2.92

a

ParQua

95.33

0.89

a

AdoMos

92.76

1.98

a

MaiBif

37.46

9.17

bc

AegPodS

33.06

2.88

bc

AllPet

34.45

2.42

bc

MerPer

47.90

2.81

bc

UrtDio

31.74

1.33

c

AegPodL

52.61

2.46

b

StaSyl

28.33

2.65

c

126

CorCav

95.45

0.86

ab

AneNem

94.52

0.76

ab

AneRan

98.23

0.26

a

FicVer

95.69

0.44

ab

AsaEur

87.44

3.70

b

ParQua

96.29

0.50

ab

AdoMos

96.07

0.95

ab

MaiBif

43.18

8.15

de

AegPodS

24.16

3.23

fg

AllPet

36.12

1.78

def

MerPer

47.47

3.24

cd

UrtDio

36.25

4.54

def

AegPodL

59.38

1.77

c

StaSyl

28.42

1.95

efg

CorAve

17.93

0.86

gh

FraExc

31.97

1.46

defg

CarBet

23.63

0.78

fg

AcePse

21.22

0.38

fgh

QueRob

9.65

0.81

h

133

MerPer

46.80

2.07

ab

UrtDio

35.42

2.95

bc

AegPodL

56.85

2.78

a

StaSyl

28.39

3.38

c

140

CorCav

96.82

0.39

ab

AneNem

95.36

0.77

abc

AneRan

97.79

0.22

a

FicVer

91.50

4.13

abc

AsaEur

88.44

1.90

c

ParQua

91.07

1.92

bc

AdoMos

94.43

1.44

abc

MaiBif

57.58

3.30

d

AegPodS

29.74

1.55

fg

AllPet

29.11

2.35

fg

MerPer

51.31

2.77

de

UrtDio

41.74

2.58

ef

AegPodL

60.18

3.10

d

StaSyl

32.65

2.21

fg

CorAve

16.89

0.40

hi

FraExc

32.15

1.49

fg

CarBet

25.31

1.21

gh

AcePse

21.23

1.96

ghi

QueRob

12.42

0.99

i

147

MerPer

52.61

3.91

b

UrtDio

43.21

2.52

bc

AegPodL

69.98

3.51

a

StaSyl

34.23

3.00

c

154

CorCav

97.04

1.24

a

AneNem

96.414

0.574

a

AneRan

97.18

0.77

a

FicVer

94.08

1.85

a

AsaEur

83.40

3.76

b

ParQua

91.10

1.81

ab

AdoMos

92.52

2.36

ab

MaiBif

58.82

3.20

c

AegPodS

33.08

2.99

def

AllPet

43.11

2.75

d

CorAve

20.44

1.11

fg

FraExc

35.08

1.92

de

CarBet

23.30

1.80

efg

AcePse

20.42

2.30

fg

QueRob

14.32

1.63

g

161

MerPer

51.38

9.75

ab

UrtDio

39.71

7.45

b

AegPodL

75.24

2.80

a

StaSyl

42.76

3.35

b

168

CorCav

92.09

2.20

ab

AneNem

91.91

0.95

ab

AneRan

93.55

1.96

a

FicVer

90.51

2.24

ab

AsaEur

82.55

5.26

b

ParQua

92.97

1.78

a

AdoMos

93.10

1.65

a

MaiBif

64.33

2.32

c

AegPodS

35.66

1.16

d

CorAve

20.31

1.43

ef

FraExc

36.44

1.50

d

CarBet

27.31

1.72

de

AcePse

24.88

0.58

de

QueRob

12.84

1.20

f

175

MerPer

72.65

1.87

b

UrtDio

49.83

1.92

c

AegPodL

86.53

2.78

a

StaSyl

41.76

3.90

c

182

CorCav

95.19

0.35

ab

AneNem

89.47

4.77

ab

AneRan

94.38

0.92

a

FicVer

90.76

2.38

ab

AsaEur

81.35

5.45

bc

ParQua

93.26

1.79

ab

AdoMos

90.62

3.84

ab

MaiBif

67.94

2.85

c

AegPodS

27.90

2.95

def

AllPet

41.00

2.42

de

CorAve

21.32

0.74

fg

FraExc

42.88

2.81

d

CarBet

23.89

1.09

efg

AcePse

25.10

1.27

efg

QueRob

12.36

0.84

g

196

AegPodS

38.81

4.17

b

CorAve

22.77

0.62

bc

FraExc

66.20

10.77

a

CarBet

28.05

1.34

bc

AcePse

29.05

1.21

bc

QueRob

12.62

1.59

c

203

MerPer

78.72

7.71

ab

UrtDio

59.45

4.15

bc

AegPodL

90.05

3.37

a

StaSyl

51.78

4.74

c

210

MaiBif

56.79

2.94

a

AegPodS

39.93

4.03

b

CorAve

23.38

0.48

cd

FraExc

64.03

4.15

a

CarBet

28.57

2.27

bc

AcePse

26.54

1.24

c

QueRob

15.50

0.73

d

224

AegPodS

41.73

4.17

b

CorAve

22.57

0.61

cd

FraExc

55.47

2.49

a

CarBet

29.89

2.28

c

AcePse

27.43

1.38

c

QueRob

15.78

2.84

d

238

MaiBif

61.13

2.6

a

AegPodS

44.41

6.57

ab

CorAve

29.60

2.33

bc

FraExc

65.49

8.60

a

CarBet

31.33

1.25

bc

AcePse

30.13

1.55

bc

QueRob

18.32

2.54

d

252

AegPodS

41.05

3.18

b

CorAve

23.12

1.84

cd

FraExc

63.07

6.41

a

CarBet

32.73

2.03

bc

AcePse

27.94

3.89

bcd

QueRob

13.22

1.23

d

266

AegPodS

40.74

3.31

b

CorAve

30.88

3.73

bc

FraExc

72.40

5.25

a

CarBet

36.79

1.49

b

AcePse

37.31

2.88

b

QueRob

20.39

2.94

c

280

CorAve

30.69

2.73

bc

FraExc

69.41

5.63

a

CarBet

40.99

2.87

b

AcePse

36.25

5.54

bc

QueRob

20.31

3.03

c

294

AegPodS

44.01

2.37

b

CorAve

28.77

2.60

cd

FraExc

70.48

3.74

a

CarBet

30.77

1.91

bcd

AcePse

32.33

4.22

bc

QueRob

18.63

2.28

d

308

CorAve

30.16

3.73

b

FraExc

79.76

4.69

a

CarBet

48.78

5.98

b

AcePse

37.27

7.34

b

QueRob

26.41

3.60

b

322

AegPodS

61.38

5.10

 

336

CorAve

33.64

1.73

b

FraExc

79.79

3.57

a

CarBet

36.33

5.50

b

AcePse

37.88

11.14

b

QueRob

19.82

4.39

b

350

AegPodS

51.29

9.11

 

364

CorAve

30.16

3.13

bc

FraExc

86.13

3.09

a

CarBet

43.32

7.15

b

AcePse

38.32

7.02

bc

QueRob

20.23

5.47

c

378

AegPodS

43.18

3.94

 

406

AegPodS

55.01

4.94

 
  1. AcePse - Acer pseudoplatanus; AdoMos - Adoxa moschatellina; AegPodL - Aegopodium podagraria leaves; AegPodS - Aegopodium podagraria shoots; AllPet - Alliaria petiolata; AneNem - Anemone nemorosa; AneRan - Anemone ranunculoides; AsaEur - Asarum europaeum; CarBet - Carpinus betulus; CorAve - Corylus avellana; CorCav - Corydalis cava; FicVer - Ficaria verna; FraExc - Fraxinus excelsior; GalLut - Galeobdolon luteum; MaiBif - Maianthemum bifolium; MerPer - Mercurialis perennis; ParQua - Paris quadrifolia; QueRob - Quercus robur; StaSyl - Stachys sylvatica; UrtDio - Urtica dioica