Storage and Flux of Nutrients in Disturbed and Undisturbed Tropical Moist Forest of Eastern Nepal

Table 10

Turnover time (year) for different nutrients in standing vegetation of undisturbed and disturbed stands of moist tropical forest in Sunsari district, eastern Nepal.

Components	Undisturbed forest			Disturbed forest
	N	P	K	N	P	K
Herbs	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.2
Shrubs	9.4	9.3	8.3	9.4	9.2	8.4
Trees	26.9	22.7	33.8	24.3	20.7	30.4
Total vegetation	20.3	17.9	24.0	17.2	15.3	19.9