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Table 1 Linear regression models for the relationship between initial wood density (IWD) and decomposition rate-constant (k)

From: Release of coarse woody detritus-related carbon: a synthesis across forest biomes

Biome

A

b

r2

P

N

Overall

0.083 (0.037)

0.009 (0.075)

0.001

0.903

199

Boreal

− 0.0480 (0.027)

0.211 (0.065)

0.147

0.002

62

Temperate

− 0.050 (0.023)

0.224 (0.046)

0.187

0.058

102

Tropical

0.892 (0.098)

− 1.043 (0.157)

0.588

< 0.0001

33

  1. The form of the regression model was: k = a + b* IWD