Table 2. Means and Standard Deviations (SD) for total N (%), total P (%) and N:P ratios of different plant compartments and soils across successional stages.

	Leaf						Stem						Root						Soil
	N		P		N:P		N		P		N:P		N		P		N:P		N		P		N:P
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Early	1.63	0.80	0.15	0.06	11.2	4.82	1.37	0.58	0.16	0.05	9.22	4.80	1.24	0.62	0.16	0.09	8.67	4.79	0.03	0.02	0.06	0.04	0.52	0.35
Middle	1.79	0.96	0.17	0.16	13.7	9.16	1.29	0.61	0.15	0.09	10.1	5.71	1.34	0.73	0.15	0.11	11.1	6.74	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.03	1.80	1.27
Advanced	1.88	0.97	0.15	0.07	12.9	5.26	1.19	0.68	0.13	0.06	9.81	4.32	1.35	0.65	0.12	0.04	12.6	7.36	0.32	0.27	0.05	0.03	5.17	2.32