Ecological Archives E086-150-A2

Richard K. Kobe, Christopher A. Lepczyk, and Meera Iyer. 2005. Resorption efficiency decrease with increasing green leaf nutrients in a global data set. Ecology 86:2780–2792.

Appendix B (Table B1). Descriptive statistics for nutrient concentrations in green and senesced leaves.


Nmass (mg N·g-1 ·leaf)

Narea (μg N ·cm-2 ·leaf)

Pmass (mg P ·g-1 ·leaf)

Parea (μg P ·cm-2 ·leaf)

 

Green

Senesced

Green

Senesced

Green

Senesced

Green

Senesced

 

Deciduous

Evergreen

Deciduous

Evergreen

Deciduous

Evergreen

Deciduous

Evergreen

Deciduous

Evergreen

Deciduous

Evergreen

Deciduous

Evergreen

Deciduous

Evergreen

Sample size

348

245

256

172

104

21

81

7

266

177

205

99

107

8

88

7

Minimum

0.13

0.08

1.12

2.50

1.20

29.20

20.20

9.81

0.02

0.01

0.05

0.03

2.70

1.76

1.01

0.31

Maximum

45.60

39.80

31.50

19.90

339.40

300.00

287.10

165.00

16.90

10.50

12.30

8.40

52.80

25.35

45.20

18.20

Median

19.91

11.70

10.15

6.05

159.36

180.00

71.90

118.00

1.56

0.80

0.90

0.49

14.00

19.00

8.50

9.80

Mean

20.36

12.35

11.51

7.42

159.31

188.06

79.58

101.12

1.89

1.01

1.31

0.73

16.33

14.81

12.57

7.86

95% CI of the mean

19.56, 21.18

11.53, 13.17

10.80, 12.21

6.78, 8.05

146.04, 172.58

158.29, 17.82

69.68, 89.48

44.76, 157.47

1.68, 2.10

0.86, 1.16

1.12, 1.50

0.52, 0.93

14.34, 18.31

6.66, 22.95

10.18, 14.96

1.20, 14.52



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