Rate of mass loss Red maple White oak Chestnut oak Leaves with higher lignin content and lower nitrogen content lost mass at a lower rate. White Ash pine O Red maple Pin cherry Paper birch Sugar maple o New Hampshire Beech O On average, leaves decomposed at a slower rate in New Hampshire. Low Low High Lignin content Low High Nitrogen content

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Secondary production occurs after primary production, after all of the products needed for respiration are used by an organism

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The rate of mass loss, is _____

related to ______.

* positively, the lignin to nitrogen ratio

* negatively, the nitrogen content

* positively, the lignin content

* negatively, the lignin to nitrogen ratio

Rate of mass loss
Red maple
White oak
Chestnut oak
Leaves with higher
lignin content and lower
nitrogen content lost
mass at a lower rate.
White
Ash
pine
O
Red maple
Pin cherry
Paper birch
Sugar maple o
New Hampshire
Beech O
On average, leaves
decomposed at a
slower rate in New
Hampshire.
Low
Low
High
Lignin content
Low
High
Nitrogen content
Transcribed Image Text:Rate of mass loss Red maple White oak Chestnut oak Leaves with higher lignin content and lower nitrogen content lost mass at a lower rate. White Ash pine O Red maple Pin cherry Paper birch Sugar maple o New Hampshire Beech O On average, leaves decomposed at a slower rate in New Hampshire. Low Low High Lignin content Low High Nitrogen content
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