Litter Production, Decomposition, and Nutrient Release in Subalpine Forest Communities of the Northwest Himalaya

Table 2

Seasonal variation in litter fall and annual litter standing crop in different stands.

Forest stands^1				Percent variations in different litter categories				Percent seasonal variations
	Total annual litterfall (kg ha^−1)			in total litterfall during different seasons				in total litter fall
				Leaf litter^2		Nonleaf litter^3		Summer rainy season		Autumn-Winter season
	Leaf litter^2	Nonleaf litter^3	Total	Summer rainy season^#	Autumn-Winter season	Summer rainy season	Autumn-Winter season	Leaf litter^2	Nonleaf litter^3	Leaf litter^2	Nonleaf litter^3
PAR	2330 (79)^4	620 (21)	2950	52	48	50	50	80	20	78	22
PQQ	2610 (77)	760 (23)	3370	70	30	50	50	83	17	67	33
PAQ	2480 (76)	770 (24)	3250	74	26	52	48	82	18	64	36
PRS	3040 (75)	1000 (25)	4040	64	36	35	65	85	15	62	38
Percent average in all the stands	77	23		65	35	47	53	82	17	68	32
SD (±)	30.0	15.0	92.0
CD0.05	0.8^ns	0.4^ns	118.2^*

Forest stands abbreviation given in Table 1; ²LL: leaf litter; ³CWD: coarse woody debris; ⁴values in parenthesis are percent, ^#summer rainy: April to September, and autumn-winter: October to March months; ^*significant.