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Aboveground Biomoss of Graminoids.g nrT 



Z.0 moisture content/// ^Osoluble photpt^ote/// 



Aboveground Biomoss of Forbs.g m~ 



LOmoit^urt content/// insoluble photphote/// 



Aboveground Biomoss of^ 

 Woody Dicotyledons, g m~ 



-2 



^£7mol(ture content/// LOto\ub\» phosphate/// 



Stonding Crop of 



Green Bryophyte Biomoss, g m' 



,-2 



^C7moisture content/// Z.<7$oluble phosphate/// 



Biomoss of Lichen, g m"^ 



^Cmoisture content/// LOto\\ib\t phosphate/// 



Belowground Biomoss, g m"^ 

 i. , c . $r 



Net Aboveground Vascular 



-^2 -I 

 Productivity, g m yr 



100 



•--50-- 



LO moisture /// iOsoluble phosphote/// 



Live Vascular Foliage Area Index 



iOmoisture content/// /.Osoluble phosphate/// 



Vosculor Litter and Prostrate Dead,g m 

 $, , . ^ 



-2 



Z.0maisture content/// ^£7soluble phosphate/// 



Litter Decoy Index 



Z.Omoisture content/// /.^soluble phosphate/// 



Above:Belowground Biomoss Ratio 



/.^moisture content/// Z.Osoiuble phosphate/// 



Belowground Dead Material, g m"^ 



/.^moisture content/// insoluble phosphote/// 



-2000- 



-4000 



i(?moisture content/// i<?soluble phosphate/// 



FIGURE 6-5. Distribution within the principal axes of ordination of var- 

 ious above- and belowground standing crops, net aboveground produc- 

 tivity of vascular plants, foliage area index, above-to-belowground vas- 

 cular biomass ratio, and vascular decay index. (After Webber 1978.) 



