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

Table 7

Concentration of nutrients (%) (mean ± SE) in litter of moist tropical forest in Sunsari district, eastern Nepal.

Components	N	P	K	Ca
Leaf litter
Trees	0.85±0.05	0.08±0.003	0.62±0.04	1.13±0.08
Shrubs	1.1±0.09	0.09±0.007	0.65±0.05	1.03±0.06
Herbs	0.81±0.04	0.07±0.006	0.8±0.05	1.03±0.07
Mean	0.92±0.05	0.08±0.005	0.69±0.06	1.06±0.06
Non leaf litter
Trees	0.66±0.05	0.05±0.003	0.22±0.01
Shrubs	0.7±0.07	0.05±0.003	0.24±0.02
Mean	0.68±0.05	0.05±0.004	0.23±0.01