Table 1 Generalized mean dead wood carbon fractions (CF) across five different factors.

From: Carbon fractions in the world’s dead wood

Factors

Variable

Mean CF

S.E.

Lower CI

Upper CI

Biomes

Boreal

48.84

0.76

40.69

56.98

Subtropical/Medit.

46.24

0.83

37.38

55.09

Temperate

49.29

0.74

41.29

57.28

Tropical

47.16

0.79

38.66

55.66

Division

Angiosperm

47.18

0.79

44.59

49.77

Gymnosperm

49.19

0.79

46.58

51.79

Tissues

Branch

45.67

1.14

42.13

49.21

Root

47.79

1.14

44.25

51.33

Stem

48.07

1.07

44.75

51.4

Bark

48.73

1.08

45.38

52.09

Fine tissue

48.8

1.23

44.97

52.63

Position

Downed

47.81

1.05

44.32

51.31

Standing

48.22

1.06

44.7

51.74

Decay class

1

47.53

1.03

44.16

50.9

2

47.55

1.03

44.18

50.93

3

47.98

1.03

44.61

51.36

4

48.68

1.04

45.28

52.08

5

48.61

1.05

45.17

52.04

  1. Mean estimates here were calculated as least-squares means, obtained from five different linear mixed-effects models. Estimates here correspond to data presented in Fig. 2, while linear mixed-effects model diagnostics are presented in Supplementary Table 3.
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