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

Forest Ecosystems

Table 5 Comparisons of plant debris stock (Mg∙ha^− 1) and plant debris carbon stock (Mg∙ha^− 1) among different regions

Area	Earlier succession		Mid-succession		Later succession		Tendency	Reference
Area	CWD	Carbon	CWD	Carbon	CWD	Carbon	Tendency	Reference
Subalpine forests of western Sichuan	25.73	11.40	50.45	23.24	63.98	29.10	Increasing	This study
Primary temperate forests of southern Chile	18.00	–	64.50	–	173.75	–	Increasing	Carmona et al. (2002)
Gorazbon forests of Northern Iran	37.05 (m³∙ha⁻¹)	–	25.95 (m³∙ha^− 1)	–	51.25 (m³∙ha^− 1)	–	‘U-shaped’	Sefidi (2010)
Dry tropical forest of Southern Mexico	51.62	–	11.38	–	37.46	–	‘U-shaped’	Eaton and Lawrence (2006)
Upland oak-hickory forests of southern Indiana	137.2	69.0	39.8	19.9	59.0	29.7	Decreasing	Idol et al. (2001)
	NWD	Carbon	NWD	Carbon	NWD	Carbon
Subalpine forests of western Sichuan	1.01	0.42	0.82	0.35	0.77	0.32	Decreasing	This study
Semi-evergreen tropical forests of south-eastern Mexico	5.20	2.34	7.10	3.20	6.29	2.83	Increasing than decreasing	Aryal et al. (2015)
Subtropical forests of eastern China	6.38	0.60 (%)	8.15	0.65 (%)	11.69	0.75 (%)	Increasing	Yan et al. (2009)