. 2004 Mar;93(3):249–261. doi: 10.1093/aob/mch035

Table 2.

Amounts (kg ha^–1) and fluxes (kg ha^–1 year^–1) of organic matter and nutrients in the various fractions of the forest floor of the Eucalyptus stand at Kondi

	June 1998 to May 1999					June 1999 to May 2000
	Leaves	Bark	Branches	Miscellaneous	Total	Leaves	Bark	Branches	Miscellaneous	Total
Biomass
FF₁: initial amount	5223^a	1400^a	4942^a	64^a	11628^a	5754^b	1768^a	6703^b	37^b	14262^b
FF₂: final amount	5754^b	1768^a	6703^b	37^b	14262^b	5847^b	2259^b	8092^b	27^b	16226^c
L_1–2 (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	4773	1308	1297	9	7386	4232	1109	1706	12	7058
A (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	4242	940	–464	36	4752	4139	618	317	22	5094
k (%)	77	59	–	71	37	71	31	4	69	33
N
FF₁: initial amount	58·9^a	6·8^a	17·5^a	0·5^a	83·7^a	68·6^b	10·1^b	29·9^b	0·3^b	108·8^b
FF₂: final amount	68·6^b	10·1^b	29·9^b	0·3^b	108·8^b	70·1^b	12·5^b	26·4^b	0·0^c	109·0^b
L_1–2 (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	48·1	7·0	4·6	0·0	59·7	43·5	7·0	6·5	0·2	57·2
A (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	38·4	3·7	–7·8	0·2	34·6	42·0	4·6	10·0	0·5	57·0
k (%)	60	44	–	50	36	61	41	36	333	52
P
FF₁: initial amount	2·6^a	0·3^a	0·8^a	0·0^a	3·7^a	2·9^b	0·4^b	1·2^b	0·0^b	4·5^b
FF₂: final amount	2·9^b	0·4^b	1·2^b	0·0^b	4·5^b	3·0^b	0·4^b	1·6^c	0·0^c	5·0^c
L_1–2 (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	3·1	0·3	0·4	0·0	3·8	2·9	0·3	0·7	0·0	3·9
A (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	2·8	0·2	0·0	0·0	3·0	2·8	0·3	0·3	0·0	3·4
k (%)	102	57	0	–	73	95	75	21	–	72
K
FF₁: initial amount	3·4^a	0·7^a	1·8^a	0·1^a	6·0^a	3·3^a	0·5^a	1·9^a	0·0^b	5·7^a
FF₂: final amount	3·3^a	0·5^a	1·9^a	0·0^b	5·7^a	2·7^a	0·6^a	1·8^a	0·0^b	5·1^a
L_1–2 (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	2·8	0·3	0·3	0·0	3·4	3·0	0·4	0·2	0·0	3·6
A (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	2·9	0·5	0·2	0·1	3·7	3·6	0·3	0·3	0·0	4·2
k (%)	87	83	11	200	63	120	55	16	–	78
Ca
FF₁: initial amount	21·5^a	3·7^a	9·3^a	0·2^a	34·6^a	26·3^b	4·6^ab	11·9^b	0·1^b	42·8^b
FF₂: final amount	26·3^b	4·6^ab	11·9^b	0·1^b	42·8^b	24·1^c	5·3^b	11·0^ab	0·0^c	40·3^b
L_1–2 (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	21·1	2·4	1·8	0·0	25·4	15·1	1·9	1·7	0·0	18·6
A (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	16·3	1·5	–0·8	0·1	17·2	17·3	1·2	2·6	0·1	21·1
k (%)	68	36	–	67	44	69	24	23	200	51
Mg
FF₁: initial amount	12·5^a	2·1^a	3·2^a	0·2^a	18·4^a	16·4^b	3·0^b	6·4^b	0·1^b	26·0^b
FF₂ : final amount	16·4^b	3·0^b	6·4^b	0·1^b	26·0^b	14·0^c	3·3^b	6·5^b	0·0^b	23·8^b
L_1–2 (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	17·5	1·5	0·9	0·0	19·9	17·2	1·3	1·1	0·0	19·6
A (kg ha^–1 year^–1)	13·6	0·6	–2·3	0·1	12·3	19·6	1·0	1·0	0·1	21·8
k (%)	94	24	–	67	55	129	32	16	200	88

The letters a, b and c indicate significant differences (P < 0·05) between sampling dates according to Newman–Keuls test.