Appendix 5 - Table 5.6Updated defaults of dead wood stocks, and Dead-Live ratios

(Note that these are mostly based on semi natural and near natural forests)

Source: IPCC Good Practice Guidance for LULUCF – Table 3.2.2

Biome^a

Average (median) dead wood stock
(tonnes d.m. ha^-1)

Coefficient of Variation/Number of stands

Tropical forest

18.2

2.12/37

Evergreen forest

43.4

1.12/64

Deciduous forest

34.7

1.00/62

Average (median) dead-live ratio

Coefficient of Variation/Number of stands

Tropical forest

0.11

0.75/10

Evergreen forest

0.20

1.33/18

Deciduous forest

0.14

0.77/19

Sources: Harmon, M. E., O. N. Krankina, M. Yatskov, and E. Matthews. 2001. Predicting broad-scale carbon stores of woody detritus from plot-level data. Pp. 533-552 In: Lal, R., J. Kimble, B. A. Stewart, Assessment Methods for Soil Carbon, CRC Press, New York

Biome^a	Average (median) dead wood stock (tonnes d.m. ha^-1)	Coefficient of Variation/Number of stands
Tropical forest	18.2	2.12/37
Evergreen forest	43.4	1.12/64
Deciduous forest	34.7	1.00/62
	Average (median) dead-live ratio	Coefficient of Variation/Number of stands
Tropical forest	0.11	0.75/10
Evergreen forest	0.20	1.33/18
Deciduous forest	0.14	0.77/19
Sources: Harmon, M. E., O. N. Krankina, M. Yatskov, and E. Matthews. 2001. Predicting broad-scale carbon stores of woody detritus from plot-level data. Pp. 533-552 In: Lal, R., J. Kimble, B. A. Stewart, Assessment Methods for Soil Carbon, CRC Press, New York