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 pine^a	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]

aAverage 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.).