Appendix A. Weekly litterfall collections of manganese, magnesium, potassium, strontium, and calcium for three species in two sites at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Lines are shown only for significant slopes (p<0.05) based on simple linear regressions.

Species and Site Date K (mg/g) Mg (mg/g) Mn (mg/g) Sr (mg/g) Ca (mg/g) F. grandifolia BB 9/23 3.199 1.637 0.429 0.020 0.69089 9/30 4.202 1.896 0.452 0.025 0.812984 10/6 3.567 1.289 0.021 0.686911 10/13 3.813 1.293 0.422 0.703289 10/21 3.889 1.315 0.490 0.022 0.859006 10/27 4.264 1.520 0.427 0.024 0.859675 A. saccharum BB 3.905 0.806 0.388 0.017 0.444304 5.335 0.561 0.409 0.015 0.412787 3.933 0.726 0.405 0.531058 4.196 0.848 0.505 0.027 0.65924 3.159 0.961 0.486 0.031 0.774089 4.012 1.395 0.667 0.039 0.961559 B. alleghaniensis BB 5.235 2.836 0.562 0.042 1.19146 6.317 2.299 0.506 1.060031 5.813 2.454 0.498 0.040 1.152222 5.563 2.412 0.532 0.041 1.176412 3.250 2.414 0.451 0.046 1.265019 4.780 2.954 0.531 0.060 1.537795 F. grandifolia W1 4.382 1.156 0.513 0.014 0.813475 4.008 1.316 0.476 0.827676 4.392 1.131 0.511 0.923373 A. saccharum W1 3.509 0.647 0.385 0.83376 4.261 0.512 0.493 0.023 0.879363 3.742 0.540 0.565 0.975151 3.536 0.550 0.608 0.029 1.080922 3.132 0.659 0.651 0.036 1.285029 3.974 0.764 0.728 1.545394 B. alleghaniensis W1 5.525 1.770 0.416 0.033 1.302261 5.409 1.711 0.426 0.030 1.267665 6.233 1.742 0.402 0.034 1.436111 5.780 1.823 0.431 1.456996 3.713 1.727 0.481 1.68999 5.345 2.053 0.586 0.050 2.199379