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

Table 4

Gross uptake of nutrients (kg ha^–1 y^–1) in tree, shrub, herb, and fine root in undisturbed and disturbed forest stands of moist tropical forest of Sunsari district, eastern Nepal (mean ± SE).

Components	Undisturbed forest			Disturbed forest
	N	P	K	N	P	K
Trees	208.8±15	23.2±1.3	151.3±8.2	106.8±7.5	11.8±0.5	77.9±2.8
Bole (%)	13	10	18	16	13	22
Branch (%)	3	2	3	3	3	4
Twig (%)	13	14	15	9	10	11
Leaf (%)	68	71	61	68	71	60
Coarse root (%)	3	3	3	4	3	3
Shrubs	5.3±0.3	0.4±0.02	5.6±0.3	6.9±0.4	0.5±0.02	7.6±0.5
Stem (%)	44	50	64	46	60	67
Leaf (%)	33	25	20	29	40	16
Root (%)	23	25	16	25	20	16
Herbs	25.0±1.7	3.1±0.1	24.1±1.8	19.1±1.0	2.3±0.01	18.5±1.3
Stand fine root	43.3±2.6	3.4±0.1	36.7±1.8	24.0±1.2	1.9±0.01	20.2±0.8
0-2 mm (%)	81	79	75	83	79	78
2-5 mm (%)	19	21	25	17	21	22
Total vegetation	282.4±18	30.1±1.7	217.7±13.4	156.8±8.2	16.5±1.0	124.2±9.5