Appendix F. A table comparing the average single-pool decomposition rate, k, values from linear regression of log-transformed real data and nonlinear regression of untransformed real data.
TABLE F1. Results from the analysis of real data (Hobbie 2008 data set) investigating the difference between the single pool decomposition rates estimated by each data transformation and regression technique. The single pool decomposition rates, k, were estimated with X(0) set equal to 1, using the untransformed data from Hobbie (2008) and nonlinear regression and the log-transformed Hobbie (2008) data and linear regression. The average proportion mass remaining after five years for each species is also shown. SE = standard error.
Litter typeNonlinear
average(SE) k (d-1)Linear
average(SE) k (d-1)Average mass
remaining after
5 yr (SE)Filter 0.001412 (0.000063) 0.002288 (0.000118) 0.1171 (0.021) Green Maple 0.001155 (0.000024) 0.001022 (0.000021) 0.2209 (0.008) Green Oak 0.001208 (0.000032) 0.001064 (0.000035) 0.2267 (0.012) Maple 0.001123 (0.000037) 0.000962 (0.000025) 0.2561 (0.011) Oak 0.000710 (0.000022) 0.000738 (0.000026) 0.3265 (0.016) Pine 0.000638 (0.000021) 0.000702 (0.000027) 0.3389 (0.019) Little bluestem 0.000558 (0.000013) 0.000594 (0.000018) 0.3735 (0.014) Wood 0.000559 (0.000016) 0.000638 (0.000021) 0.3477 (0.014)