Table 1 Mean carbon fraction of radiata pine biomass components, age of sample stand, number of stems/crowns/roots sampled (n) and study sites in New Zealand

Balmoral, SI

28

0/3/6

n/a

n/a

0.510

n/a

n/a

0.506

Burnham, SI

28

0/4/8

n/a

n/a

0.521

n/a

n/a

0.510

Crater Block, NI

13

12/12/0

0.497

0.546

n/a

0.526

n/a

n/a

Forest Creek, SI

14

12/12/0

0.500

0.549

n/a

0.515

n/a

n/a

Golden Downs, SI

5

120/240/0

0.500

0.508

0.515

0.507

n/a

n/a

28

0/2/4

n/a

n/a

0.495

n/a

n/a

0.509

Kaingaroa, NI

12

12/12/0

0.497

0.545

n/a

0.509

n/a

n/a

28

0/2/4

n/a

n/a

0.493

n/a

n/a

0.494

Kinleith, NI

5

120/240/0

0.499

0.518

0.507

0.501

n/a

n/a

10

0/0/9

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.498

15

24/47/3

0.504

0.539

0.515

0.508

0.520

0.478

Lawrence, SI

14

12/12/0

0.496

0.557

n/a

0.514

n/a

n/a

Lochinver, NI

14

12/12/0

0.494

0.550

n/a

0.517

n/a

n/a

Mahia, NI

15

12/12/0

0.498

0.556

n/a

0.520

n/a

n/a

Rotoehu, NI

12

12/12/0

0.496

0.545

n/a

0.517

n/a

n/a

28

0/1/6

n/a

n/a

0.499

n/a

n/a

0.493

Tarawera, NI

5

120/270/8

0.494

0.510

0.510

0.510

n/a

0.510

11

0/0/4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.532

16

24/48/4

0.509

0.545

0.514

0.523

0.525

0.491

26

24/48/0

0.498

0.546

0.509

0.514

0.511

n/a

28

0/2/4

n/a

n/a

0.501

n/a

n/a

0.498

West Coast, SI

28

0/1/6

n/a

n/a

0.504

n/a

n/a

0.503

Woodhill, NI

5

120/120/0

0.495

0.509

0.507

0.514

n/a

n/a

13

12/12/0

0.493

0.539

n/a

0.510

n/a

n/a

28

36/1/4

0.498

0.554

0.503

n/a

n/a

0.497

Mean

0.498

0.539

0.507

0.514

0.519

0.501

± se

0.001

0.004

0.002

0.002

0.004

0.004