Review Article
Foliar Litter Decomposition: A Conceptual Model with Focus on Pine (Pinus) Litter—A Genus with Global Distribution
Table 3
Concentrations of seven main nutrients and AUR in foliar litter of a few pine species. Available data. From [
34].
| Litter sp. | Concentration (mg g−1) | N | P | S | K | Ca | Mg | Mn | AUR | Lit. ref. |
| Scots pinea | 4.2 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.79 | 5.3 | 0.45 | 1.03 | 249 | [7] | Lodgepole pine | 3.9 | 0.34 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 6.4 | 0.95 | 1.79 | 360 | [15] | Maritime pine | 6.8 | 0.54 | 1.01 | 1.95 | 3.1 | 1.90 | 0.59 | 326 | | Red pine | 6.0 | 0.36 | 0.73 | 1.40 | 8.9 | 2.00 | 0.73 | 265 | | White pine | 5.9 | 0.21 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 7.2 | 1.10 | 0.80 | 256 | | Jack pine | 7.8 | 0.64 | 0.77 | 2.30 | 4.0 | 2.10 | 0.25 | 329 | | Limber pine | 4.3 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 1.10 | 5.3 | 1.10 | 0.21 | 258 | | Ponderosa pine | 5.5 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 1.22 | 0.20 | 294 | | Stone pine | 3.0 | 0.57 | 1.36 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 0.19 | 312 | [35] | Corsican pine | 4.7 | 0.54 | 0.71 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 0.50 | 276 | | Monterey pine | 5.6 | 0.22 | 0.70 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.93 | 0.47 | 406 | | Aleppo pine | 4.3 | 0.38 | 1.3 | 1.73 | 25.2 | 2.33 | 0.03 | 341 | [58] | Virginia pine | 6.5 | 0.76 | 1.37 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 1.05 | 1.48 | 347 | | Black pine | 6.1 | 0.35 | 1.12 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 0.86 | 280 | [43] | Chir pine | 6.7 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 234 | [49] | Khasi pine | 9.8 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 432 | [49] |
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Average values over 17 years at one Scots pine stand. DELILA III data base (http://www.eko.uj.edu.pl/deco). B. Berg and C. McClaugherty (unpubl.).
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