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

Table 11

Standing state of nutrients (kg ha^–1) (mean ± SE) in litter layer in undisturbed and disturbed stands of moist tropical forest in Sunsari district, eastern Nepal.

Components	Undisturbed forest			Disturbed forest
	N	P	K	N	P	K
Total litter mass	55.4±4.3	4.6±0.3	34.3±2.8	29.9±1.5	2.5±0.1	18.9±1.1
Fresh leaf litter (%)	45	47	54	46	48	55
Partly decayed leaf litter (%)	23	24	28	26	27	30
Fresh non-leaf litter (%)	20	17	11	18	15	9
Partly decayed non-leaf litter (%)	12	11	7	11	9	6