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Decay Class 3

Improving Biomass and Carbon Estimates for Coarse and Fine Woody Debris

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Table 1. Biomass to carbon conversion factors for CWD based on percent carbon of samples.

Decay Class
Mean
Standard Error
Minimum
Maximum
Percent Carbon
1
49.9
0.7
47.8
51.5
2
48.8
0.7
42.4
53.6
3
48.6
1.5
42.4
51.6
4
51.8
0.9
48.2
55.2
5
50.1
1.3
41.8
55.2

Source of data: Busse (1994); Currie and Nadelhoffer (2002); Lang and Forman (1978); Harmon et al. (1987); Lambert et al. (1980)



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