<p>FOR ONLINE PUBLICATION ONLY Appendix 1 Leaf Litter Chemical Composition of the 6 Tropical Tree Species </p><p>Litter traits Carapa procera Goupia glabra Hymenaea courbaril Platonia insignis Simarouba amara Vochysia tomentosa C 48.4 ±0.4 49.7 ±0.4 49.7 ±0.1 49.0 ±0.5 49.1 ±0.2 42.9 ±0.6 N 0.94 ±0.08 1.21 ±0.25 1.22 ±0.06 1.42 ±0.06 1.11 ±0.14 0.87 ±0.08 P 0.019 ±0.002 0.033 ±0.007 0.056 ±0.004 0.018 ±0.002 0.032 ±0.005 0.028 ±0.003 C :N 51.7 ±4.3 42.3 ±8.1 40.9 ±2.3 34.5 ±1.1 45.0 ±5.7 49.5 ±3.9 C :P 2513 ±295 1561 ±337 898 ±72 2773 ±307 1547 ±223 1522 ±173 N :P 48.8 ±5.9 36.9 ±3.1 21.9 ±0.9 80.7 ±1.3 34.4 ±1.3 31.1 ±5.7 WS 32.4 ±0.7 36.6 ±0.9 31.0 ±2.1 29.3 ±0.6 45.4 ±0.9 34.6 ±2.2 HemiC 7.5 ±1.0 16.2 ±1.4 10.3 ±0.3 23.5 ±1.5 11.7 ±0.3 20.1 ±2.2 Cell 22.7 ±0.9 18.8 ±0.6 22.3 ±1.1 22.5 ±1.3 20.0 ±0.5 19.7 ±0.8 Lignin 37.5 ±1.0 28.4 ±1.7 36.3 ±1.3 24.7 ±2.1 22.8 ±1.5 25.6 ±0.9 Sphen 2.8 ±0.4 1.1 ±0.3 1.0 ±0.2 1.0 ±0.1 4.4 ±0.3 0.6 ±0.1 Tphen 8.0 ±1.4 2.8 ±0.5 4.2 ±0.7 12.5 ±0.6 11.0 ±1.4 4.4 ±0.6 CT 2.78 ±0.47 0.23 ±0.09 1.38 ±0.27 0.13 ±0.02 2.27 ±0.15 1.41 ±0.2 NSC 0.19 ±0.05 0.29 ±0.01 0.47 ±0.15 1.38 ±0.4 0.53 ±0.07 0.43 ±0.03 DOC 0.59 ±0.09 1.93 ±0.25 0.57 ±0.02 1.46 ±0.17 1.07 ±0.06 0.75 ±0.03 All data refer to % dry matter (Mean ± SE). C = total carbon, N = total nitrogen, P = total phosphorus, WS = Water soluble compounds, HemiC = hemicellulose, Cell = cellulose, Sphen = soluble phenolics, Tphen = total phenolics, CT = condensed tannins, NSC = Non-structural carbohydrates, DOC = dissolved organic carbon. Chemical analyses are described in Coq and others (2010).</p>