Table 2.

Q10 relationship between mean annual temperature (MAT) and decomposition rate-constant (k)

Model	k10	Q10	r2	p	N
All/reporteda	0.058 (0.006)	2.60 (0.21)	0.557	< 0.001	289
All/WC2a	0.061 (0.006)	2.50 (0.20)	0.542	< 0.001	289
Downed/reported	0.059 (0.007)	2.59 (0.22)	0.562	< 0.001	263
Downed/WC2	0.062 (0.007)	2.48 (0.21)	0.546	< 0.001	263
Standing/reported	0.013 (0.008)	0.575 (0.33)	0.500	< 0.010	24
Standing/WC2	0.013 (0.009)	0.509 (0.40)	0.500	< 0.010	24
Low decay resistance/reported	0.063 (0.007)	2.75 (0.23)	0.620	< 0.001	228
Low decay resistance/WC2	0.065 (0.007)	2.68 (0.22)	0.601	< 0.001	228
Some decay resistance/reported	0.051 (0.008)	1.61 (0.25)	0.552	< 0.001	64
Some decay resistance/WC	0.053 (0.008)	1.57 (0.24)	0.548	< 0.001	64

The general form of the model was k = k₁₀Q10^{((MAT−10)/10)}

^aReported indicates that the MAT reported by a study was used; WC2 signifies WorldClim 2 data