Forest floor contribution to phosphorus nutrition: experimental data

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Table III

Mean nutrient concentrations of the seedling shoots (n = 5). Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments for the same harvest period. Different numbers indicate significant differences between harvest periods for the same treatment (P < 0.05).

	N (mg g⁻¹)		P (mg g⁻¹)		Ca (mg g⁻¹)		Mg (mg g⁻¹)		K (mg g⁻¹)

	MS^*	MS+FF^*	MS	MS+FF	MS	MS+FF	MS	MS+FF	MS	MS+FF
61 d^†			0.53a	1.0^1b	1.4^1a	1.1^1a	1.5^1b	1.2^1a	9.83a	9.7^2a
95 d			0.4^2a	1.1^1b	1.5^1b	0.9^1a	1.4^1b	1.0^1a	7.8^2a	7.4^1a
130 d	24.^1a	19.9a	0.3^1a	0.8^1b	1.6^1b	1.1^1a	1.4^1a	1.1^1a	6.5^1a	7.2^1b

MS: mineral soil, MS+FF: forest floor + mineral soil.

^†

Number of days after planting.