Table 2 Parameters used to simulate litter production and soil organic matter dynamics for biomes of Australia.
From: The potential impact of climate change on Australia's soil organic carbon resources
Partition Coefficient | Life span (yrs) | DPM/RPMa | Root dist.b | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biome | Leaf | Branch | Stem | Root | Leaf | Branch | Stem | Root | ||
Tropical forest | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 0.3 | 0.33 |
Savanna | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.25 |
Temperate forest | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 10 | 0.2 | 0.25 |
Grassland | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.4 | 0.35 |
Arable | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.59 | 0.33 |
Desert | 0.55 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.22 |
Shrubland | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.31 |