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Table 3 Average carbon concentration (%), by decay class, of coarse woody debris in the strata of the two study areas, the Seasonal Semi-deciduous Forest (SSF) and the Cerrado sensu-stricto (CSS)

From: Wood density and carbon concentration of coarse woody debris in native forests, Brazil

Decay

Carbon concentration (%)

class

n 1

SSF1

n 2

SSF2

n

SSF Overall

1

3

50.7 (0.36)

10

50.4 (1.46)

13

50.5 (1.27)

2

14

51.2 (1.46)

19

51.4 (1.42)

33

51.3 (1.42)

3

130

49.3 (3.20)

174

49.8 (2.92)

304

49.6 (3.05)

4

61

50.4 (3.64)

63

49.6 (4.42)

124

50.0 (4.06)

5

17

48.8 (4.02)

15

49.7 (3.04)

32

49.3 (3.56)

  

CSS1

 

CSS2

 

CSS Overall

1

1

50.0 (0.00)

1

49.5 (0.00)

2

49.8 (0.35)

2

12

49.8 (0.81)

6

49.5 (0.80)

18

49.7 (0.80)

3

71

50.1 (1.46)

38

49.4 (3.13)

109

49.8 (2.19)

4

28

49.0 (4.40)

18

50.4 (2.01)

46

49.5 (3.68)

5

4

46.1 (2.32)

3

48.4 (0.35)

7

47.1 (2.06)

  1. The table shows carbon concentration averages and the calculated standard deviations in parentheses (with n being the sample sizes)