Different profiles of soil phosphorous compounds depending on tree species and availability of soil phosphorus in a tropical rainforest in French Guiana

Table 1 Nutrient concentrations and stoichiometries and percentages of P compounds in the soil extracts

										P distribution, total P in extract (%)
Material	Site	Location	Total P (mg g^− 1)	Total C (mg g^− 1)	Total N (mg g^− 1)	C:N	C:P	N:P	K (mg g^− 1)	Polyphos	Orthophos	Glucose6phos	Orthophosmono	Orthophosdiesters	DNA	Pyrophos	Polyphosphos
Soil	Paracou	Bottom	74.62	1.51	0.11	12.34	194	14.52	0.06	2.20	1.98	11.07	39.11	21.40	9.35	1.86	13.02
		Slope	118.83	2.28	0.16	14.06	203	14.32	0.08	6.58	7.83	17.69	22.87	24.37	10.79	0.00	9.87
		Top	67.22	1.87	0.14	13.53	290	21.40	0.06	0.72	1.20	13.52	40.23	35.91	4.42	0.00	4.00
	Nouragues	Bottom	58.36	2.43	0.18	13.05	424	32.68	0.20	2.16	10.65	3.88	39.77	37.67	3.42	0.42	5.03
		Slope	84.01	2.62	0.19	13.60	315	23.14	0.12	0.00	4.80	0.00	47.51	33.73	9.86	0.91	3.18
		Top	299.19	3.97	0.29	13.73	139	10.13	0.04	3.20	10.72	17.62	23.80	23.52	6.57	7.55	7.02

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