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Table 1 The stocks and ratios of plant debris across a successional gradient in the subalpine forest on eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

From: Changes in plant debris and carbon stocks across a subalpine forest successional series

Successional series

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

WD (Mg∙ha− 1)

31.73c

24.49c

51.49bc

36.07c

82.46a

77.27ab

NWD (Mg∙ha−1)

1.31a

0.70bc

0.82bc

1.07ab

0.43c

0.80bc

Plant debris (Mg∙ha−1)

33.04c

25.19c

52.31bc

37.14c

82.89a

78.08ab

CWD/FWD

39.75

10.57

79.02

32.33

84.55

435.63

WD/NWD

26.58

37.98

65.15

34.93

208.89

110.69

  1. Stock is shown as means (n = 3). One-way ANOVA tests were applied among six successional series in WD, NWD, Plant debris, CWD/FWD and WD/NWD. Values followed by different lowercase letters mean significant difference among six successional series at P = 0.05 level. WD Woody debris, NWD Non-woody debris, CWD Coarse woody debris, FWD Fine woody debris