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Table 5 Wood density (g/cm3) and carbon concentration (%) averages of coarse woody debris by species and decay class for the Cerrado sensu-sctricto (CSS) and Seasonal Semi-deciduous Forest (SSF) areas, with sample size n≥5, standard deviation in the parenthesis

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

Area

Specie

Decay class

n

Density (g/cm3)

Carbon concentration (%)

CSS

Anadenanthera falcata Speg.

3

11

0.60 (0.14)

52.4 (1.36)

 

Copaifera langsdorffii Desf.

3

5

0.48 (0.08)

49.5 (0.68)

 

Qualea sp.

3

24

0.47 (0.21)

49.0 (3.75)

 

Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

2

8

0.39 (0.05)

49.2 (0.30)

 

Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

3

20

0.40 (0.15)

49.0 (1.15)

 

Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

4

7

0.35 (0.11)

49.0 (1.31)

 

Vochysia tucanorum Mart.

3

7

0.40 (0.06)

49.8 (0.68)

SSF

Aspidosperma polyneuron Müll.Arg.

3

28

0.55 (0.09)

50.1 (3.17)

 

Centrolobium tomentosum Guill. ex Benth.

3

7

0.58 (0.14)

50.8 (2.62)

 

Croton floribundus Spreng.

2

5

0.35 (0.08)

51.6 (1.87)

 

Croton floribundus Spreng.

3

20

0.35 (0.07)

50.0 (2.48)

 

Croton floribundus Spreng.

4

6

0.23 (0.03)

50.2 (0.89)

 

Croton floribundus Spreng.

5

6

0.22 (0.14)

49.6 (2.32)

 

Esenbeckia leiocarpa Engl.

3

5

0.64 (0.10)

49.1 (2.44)

 

Inga striata Benth.

3

10

0.26 (0.10)

49.8 (2.26)

 

Machaerium brasiliense Vogel

3

5

0.47 (0.06)

47.8 (2.19)

 

Ocotea sp.

2

7

0.47 (0.11)

51.3 (2.25)

 

Ocotea sp.

3

68

0.53 (0.17)

50.0 (3.05)

 

Ocotea sp.

4

25

0.36 (0.15)

50.3 (4.42)

 

Ocotea sp.

5

6

0.22 (0.22)

50.5 (7.24)

 

Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) J.F.Macbr.

3

19

0.35 (0.11)

48.9 (3.61)

 

Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) J.F.Macbr.

4

12

0.22 (0.10)

52.0 (3.34)

 

Piptocarpha sellowii (Sch. Bip.) Baker

3

5

0.34 (0.05)

48.3 (1.98)

 

Savia dictyocarpa Müll.Arg.

3

10

0.38 (0.12)

47.8 (2.47)

 

Savia dictyocarpa Müll.Arg.

4

5

0.43 (0.21)

47.8 (0.99)

 

Senegalia polyphylla (DC.) Britton & Rose

3

5

0.43 (0.08)

50.4 (2.88)