Table 1 Importance of fuel types and mean forest floor C for the Quebec boreal ecozones (Amiro et al. 2009). Forest floor C stocks were calculated assuming 50% C in organic matter.
| Â | Â | Fraction of fuel type in each ecozone (%) | Â | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ecozone | Spruce-lichen woodland | Boreal spruce | Mature jack pine | Immature jack pine | Deciduous | Mixedwood | Mean (kg C m−2) |
Taiga Shield East | 71 | 28 | — | — | — | — | 1.72 |
Boreal Shield East | 12 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 3.01 |