Research Article
Storage and Flux of Nutrients in Disturbed and Undisturbed Tropical Moist Forest of Eastern Nepal
Table 2
Nutrient concentrations (%) (mean ± SE) in tree, shrub, herb, and fine root of moist tropical forest in Sunsari district, eastern Nepal.
| Components | N | P | K |
| Trees | | | | Bole | 0.57 ± 0.04 | 0.05 ± 003 | 0.57 ± 0.03 | Branch | 0.62 ± 0.06 | 0.06 ± 0.007 | 0.58 ± 0.03 | Twig | 0.69 ± 0.06 | 0.08 ± 0.005 | 0.57 ± 0.04 | Leaf | 1.73 ± 0.18 | 0.2 ± 0.02 | 1.12 ± 0.11 | Coarse root | 0.49 ± .03 | 0.05 ± 0.002 | 0.32 ± 0.02 |
| Shrubs | | | | Stem | 0.78 ± 0.07 | 0.07 ± 0.004 | 1.21 ± 0.12 | Leaf | 2.49 ± 0.31 | 0.19 ± 0.001 | 1.56 ± 0.20 | Coarse root | 0.67 ± 0.04 | 0.04 ± 0.004 | 0.49 ± 0.03 |
| Herbs aboveground | 1.47 ± 0.11 | 0.18 ± 0.015 | 1.42± 0.17 |
| Stand fine roots | | | | 0-2 mm | 0.9 ± 0.05 | 0.07 ± 0.003 | 0.71 ± 0.05 | 2–5 mm | 0.63 ± 0.03 | 0.05 ± 0.002 | 0.69 ± 0.04 |
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