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This research was developed on old chestnut high forests for quality timber production submitted to a silviculture management close-to-nature. We collected litterfall using littertraps and studied decomposition of leaf and bur litter by the nylon net bag technique. Simple and double exponential models were used to describe the decomposition of chestnut litterfall incubated in situ during 559 days. The results of the decomposition are discussed in relation to the initial litter quality (C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg) and the decomposition rates. Annually, the mature chestnut high-forest stands (density 360-1,260 tree ha\u20131, age 55-73 years old) restore 4.9 Mg DM ha\u20131 of litter and 2.6 Mg ha\u20131 yr\u20131 of carbon to the soil. The two-component litter decay model proved to be more biologically realistic, providing a decay rate for the fast initial stage (46-58 yr\u20131for the leaves and 38-42 yr\u20131for the burs) and a decay rate related to the recalcitrant pool (0.45-0.60 yr\u20131for the leaves and 0.22-0.36 yr\u20131for the burs). 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