Geoecological parameters indicate discrepancies between potential and actual forest area in the forest-steppe of Central Mongolia

Forest Ecosystems

Table. 1 Mean living-tree biomass (above and belowground) for different forest categories affected by various factors. Plots, where a possible influence of a certain factor could not be assured, were excluded from the respective part of the analysis. SE = standard error, n = number of plots

	F1	SE	n	F2	SE	n	F3	SE	n	F4	SE	n	G1	SE	n
Total	198.7	11.2	29	208.0	11.8	31	212.5	13.9	31	182.0	12.9	34	142.2	10.7	10
Forest interior	219.3	14.0	18	218.2	12.6	26	220.6	13.4	26	181.7	13.8	30	145.4	15.0	7
Forest edge	165.1	13.7	11	155.2	21.0	5	170.7	46.2	5	184.3	35.2	4	134.8	2.7	3
Difference	54.2			63.0			49.9			−2.6			10.6
No fire indicators; no logging	211.5	22.3	2	210.7	18.1	5	219.0	12.8	4	170.7	14.3	15
No fire indicators	204.8	18.7	14	206.2	12.8	14	194.3	17.4	21	168.3	13.3	23	122.1	2.7	2
Fire indicators	179.5	15.2	9	171.6	20.9	11	231.3	14.4	6	175.5	39.7	5	154.9		1
Difference	25.2			34.6			−36.9			−7.2
No logging	211.5	22.3	2	234.3	11.9	8	238.8	23.8	6	180.4	13.7	18	134.1	4.0	2
Logging	197.8	11.9	27	198.9	14.4	23	207.4	16.6	24	183.8	22.7	16	144.3	13.2	8
Difference	13.7			35.4			31.4			−3.4
Slope debris	211.0	18.4	13	207.8	16.5	18	196.3	18.5	19	176.7	14.3	28
Sand layer	188.8	13.3	16	204.5	15.8	14	238.3	18.3	12	214.4	24.5	7
Difference	22.2			3.4			−42.0			−37.7