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Table 1 Density of seedlings, juveniles and adults of M. flexuosa and of trees at the study sites

From: Degradation-driven changes in fine root carbon stocks, productivity, mortality, and decomposition rates in a palm swamp peat forest of the Peruvian Amazon

Site

Vegetation category

Absolute density (#ha−1)

Relative density (%)

Intact

M. flexuosa seedlings

28

5

 

M. flexuosa juveniles

11

2

 

M. flexuosa adults

182

31

 

Trees

362

62

 

Sum

582

100

mDeg

M. flexuosa seedlings

169

24

 

M. flexuosa juveniles

35

5

 

M. flexuosa adults

176

25

 

Trees

328

46

 

Sum

709

100

hDeg

M. flexuosa seedlings

12

7

 

M. flexuosa juveniles

6

3

 

M. flexuosa adults

34

19

 

Trees

129

71

 

Sum

182

100

  1. Seedlings, juveniles and adults were palms < 1 m, 1−3 m and > 3 m in height, respectively. Trees were individuals > 10 cm DBH. Moderately degraded and heavily degraded are abbreviated as mDeg and hDeg, respectively