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. 2020 Jun 3;8:e9274. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9274

Table 4. Phosphorus storage of plant total biomass, litter total biomass, soil and net ecosystem.

Different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among forest types based on a one-way ANOVA followed by an LSD test.

Ecosystem pool BM BCM CM
P storage Percentage P storage Percentage P storage Percentage
Tree (kg ha−1) 173.67 ± 13a 2.72 130.27 ± 23ab 2.8 89.13 ± 3.9b 2.00
Shrub (kg ha−1) 5.56 ± 0.19ab 0.09 6.54 ± 1.04a 0.14 4.01 ± 0.2b 0.09
Herb (kg ha−1) 1.43 ± 0.04b 0.02 1.28 ± 0.07b 0.03 2.58 ± 0.32a 0.06
G-litter (kg ha−1) 6.86 ± 0.53ab 0.11 6.04 ± 0.07b 0.13 7.77 ± 0.36a 0.17
Soil (t ha−1) 6.19 ± 0.39 97.06 4.51 ± 0.8 96.9 4.36 ± 0.35 97.76
Net ecosystem (t ha−1) 6.37 ± 0.39 100 4.66 ± 0.84 100 4.46 ± 0.34 100

Note:

BM, broadleaf mixed forests; BCM, broadleaf-conifer mixed forests; CM, coniferous mixed forests.