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

Table 6

Net uptake of nutrients (kg ha^–1 y^–1) after adjustment for re-translocation 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	140.4±13.9	13.5±0.8	113.5±4.8	72.0±2.2	6.8±0.3	58.7±2.9
Shrubs	4.5±0.2	0.36±0.01	5.0±0.3	5.9±0.4	0.4±0.02	7.0±0.4
Herbs	19.5±1.3	2.1±0.1	19.0±1.3	14.9±0.9	1.6±0.1	14.6±1.0
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
Total vegetation	207.7±17	19.4±1.2	164.2±9.4	116.8±6.2	10.7±0.7	100.5±6.8