Log Decomposition Dynamics in Interior Alaska 5b - Preliminary Results (treatment down) - Retained

The entire dataset (all 7 files) contains detailed information on a time series study of log decomposition in interior Alaska. The species studied include white and black spruce, aspen, birch, balsam poplar and aspen starting as green trees. In addition white and black spruce in recently burned sites are included. The study was designed to produce a time series of log decomposition measurements over the next 100 years. The information to be measured on the logs includes weight and density changes over specified time periods, changes in nutrient concentrations, and hemicellulose, cellouse, and lignin concentrations, and changes in the quantity of nutrients and hemicellulose, cellouse and lignin. (This file contains preliminary retention results for the treatment=down part of the study.)