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Table 9 Quantities of nutrients (kg∙ha−1; median values) in 20 m3∙ha−1 CWD of a) Fagus sylvatica (37% average mass loss), b) Picea abies and c) Pinus sylvestris (33% average mass loss) in relation to other ecosystem pools in forests of Rhineland Palatinate (Wellbrock et al. 2014)

From: Nutrient retention and release in coarse woody debris of three important central European tree species and the use of NIRS to determine deadwood chemical properties

a)

Nutrient

CWD

% in forest floor

% in living trees ≥ 8 m

% in Total Ecosystem

N

10.83

2.1

2.3

0.2

P

0.58

1.8

1.9

0.04

K

6.4

9.1

2.2

0.9

Mg

2.87

3.8

3.9

0.9

Ca

10.27

4.9

2.8

0.8

b)

Mass loss (%)

Nutrient

CWD

% in forest floor

% in living trees ≥ 8 m

% in Total Ecosystem

34

N

5.12

0.5

1.5

0.06

64

N

18.4

1.8

5.6

0.23

34

P

0.31

0.5

1.0

0.01

64

P

0.87

1.3

2.9

0.04

c)

Nutrient

CWD

% in forest floor

% in living trees ≥ 8 m

% in Total Ecosystem

N

5.28

0.5

2.3

0.1

P

0.35

0.7

2.2

0.04