Table 2 Carbon stock A before fire per fuel compartments (in Mg C ha−1), determined for each of the three lenga beech forest sites studied in Andean Patagonia, Argentina. Biomass values are shown in parenthesis (mean ± one SE, expressed in Mg ha−1). Root C stock and biomass values were estimated as a fraction (0.24) of the mean total aboveground biomass.
Study site | Trees | Shrubs | Herbs | Litter | Coarse deadwood | Total aboveground | Roots | Grand total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
La Colisión | 231.5 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 3.5 |  | 243.4 | 58.42 | 301.8 |
(482.4 ± 48.5) | (14.1 ± 2.2) | (3.1 ± 1.7) | (9.4 ± 0.7) |  | (509 ± 53.1) | (122.2) | (631.2) | |
La Torta | 191.9 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 208.9 | 50.13 | 258.13 |
(399.7 ± 107.1) | (13.3 ± 1.8) | (5.5 ± 0.6) | (15.7 ± 1.0) | (4.2 ± 2.3) | (438.4 ± 112.8) | (105.2) | (543.6) | |
Lago Guacho | 198.0 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 218.3 | 52.4 | 270.7 |
(412.5 ± 71.1) | (2.2 ± 0.4) | (16.8 ± 1.1) | (13.6 ± 1.8) | (11.1 ± 0.4) | (456.2 ± 74.8) | (109.5) | (565.7) |