Storage and Flux of Nutrients in Disturbed and Undisturbed Tropical Moist Forest of Eastern Nepal

Table 2

Nutrient concentrations (%) (mean ± SE) in tree, shrub, herb, and fine root of moist tropical forest in Sunsari district, eastern Nepal.

Components	N	P	K
Trees
Bole	0.57 ± 0.04	0.05 ± 003	0.57 ± 0.03
Branch	0.62 ± 0.06	0.06 ± 0.007	0.58 ± 0.03
Twig	0.69 ± 0.06	0.08 ± 0.005	0.57 ± 0.04
Leaf	1.73 ± 0.18	0.2 ± 0.02	1.12 ± 0.11
Coarse root	0.49 ± .03	0.05 ± 0.002	0.32 ± 0.02
Shrubs
Stem	0.78 ± 0.07	0.07 ± 0.004	1.21 ± 0.12
Leaf	2.49 ± 0.31	0.19 ± 0.001	1.56 ± 0.20
Coarse root	0.67 ± 0.04	0.04 ± 0.004	0.49 ± 0.03
Herbs aboveground	1.47 ± 0.11	0.18 ± 0.015	1.42± 0.17
Stand fine roots
0-2 mm	0.9 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.003	0.71 ± 0.05
2–5 mm	0.63 ± 0.03	0.05 ± 0.002	0.69 ± 0.04