Review Article

Foliar Litter Decomposition: A Conceptual Model with Focus on Pine (Pinus) Litter—A Genus with Global Distribution

Figure 6

Linear relationship between increasing concentrations of N and accumulated mass loss for decomposing Scots pine needle litter. Incubations were made at one site, a nutrient-poor Scots pine forest. Data are pooled from 14 studies, each representing an incubation of local litter sampled in a different year ( ; ; ). Figure from [32], data from [44, 67].
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