(Eqn. 1)
where Mi and Mf are initial and final
wood dry mass; when calculating the period-specific mass loss,
Mi is the final wood dry mass of the previous stage and
Mf is the final wood dry mass for this period.
The termite contribution decomposition was calculated as effect size
(Borensteinet al. 2009) according to Eqn. 2, based on termite access and
exclusion treatments described above.
(Eqn. 2)