Table 2

Mean residence time (MRT) of the biomass and product carbon pools in years

Species

MRT of living biomass [years]

MRT of products [years]

Stem

Branches

Leaves & grains

Roots

Saw wood

Pulp

Energy

Landfill

Picea

100

25

5

25

30

2

2

200

Fagus

150

33

1

33

25

2

2

200

Triticum

-

-

1

1

-

-

2

-

Populus

5

5

1

25

-

2

2

200

Quercus

200

50

1

50

40

2

2

200

MRT of stem pools is equivalent to rotation length. MRT of the other biomass pools was taken from the FORMICA model parametrized by regional studies: branches: [58], leaves and grains: [48]. For roots we assumed the same turnover as for branches due to lack of data. MRT of products was taken from [44]. The MRT of necromass is calculated by the soil model YASSO internally and cannot be displayed explicitly

Böttcher et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2012 7:5   doi:10.1186/1750-0680-7-5