Table 1. Stand characteristics of three forests in DBR.

	MPF	CBMF	MEBF	References
Successional stage	Pioneer	Transition	Advanced	[17]
Leaf area index	4.3	6.5	7.8	[28]
Biomass (kg C m−2)	6.13	8.21	14.52	[29]
Litter input (kg C m−2 year−1)	0.18	0.43	0.42	[30]
Soil bulk density (g cm−3)	1.49	1.22	1.09	[31]
Soil pH	4.02	3.92	3.80	[31]
Microbial biomass (106 g−1 dry soil)	1.2	1.4	2.1	[32]
Fine root biomass in top soil (Mg C ha−1)	1.9	2.8	4.9	[31]