Assessing current stocks and future sequestration potential of forest biomass carbon in Daqing Mountain Nature Reserve of Inner Mongolia, China

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摘要 Assessmentofregionalforestcarbonstocksandunderlyingcontrolsiscriticalforguidingforestmanagementinthecontextofcarbonsequestration.Weinvestigatedthevariationsintreebiomasscarbonstocksrelatingtoforesttypes,andestimatedthetotaltreebiomasscarbonstocksandprojectedgainsthroughnaturalstanddevelopmentby2020and2050intheDaqingMountainNatureReservebasedonCategoryIIdataoftheForestInventoryofInnerMongoliafortheperiodending2008.Overatotalareaof388,577ha,thisnaturereservecurrentlystoresanestimated2221GgCintreeabovegroundbiomassalone,withpotentialtogrowbymorethan30%toreach2938GgCby2020andnearlydoubleto4092GgCby2050throughnaturaldevelopmentoftheexistingforeststands.Thetreebiomasscarbondensityandpotentialgainintreebiomasscarbonstocksvarymarkedlyamongforesttypesandwithstanddevelopment.Thevariationsinthepotentialchangeoftreebiomasscarbondensityfortheperiods2008–2020and2008–2050amongforesttypespartlyreflectthevaryingrelationshipsoftreebiomasscarbondensitywithstandagefordifferenttreespecies,andpartlyareattributabletovariationsinthestandagestructureamongdifferentforesttypes.Ofthemajorforesttypes,therankingofprojectedchangesintreebiomasscarbondensityarenotconsistentwithvariationsintherelationshipbetweentreebiomasscarbondensityandstandage,neitheraretheyexplainablebyvariationsinstandagestructures,implyingtheinteractiveeffectbetweenforesttypeandstanddynamicsontemporalchangesintreebiomasscarbondensity.Birchrankhighestforfuturebiomasscarbonsequestrationbecauseofitsdominanceincoverareaandbetteragestructureforpotentialgainintreebiomasscarbonstocks.Poplarandlarchwereout-performerscomparedtootherforesttypesgiventheirgreatercontributiontototaltreebiomasscarbonstocksrelativetotheirdistributionalareas.Findingsinthisstudyillustrateth
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出处 《林业研究:英文版》 2016年4期
出版日期 2016年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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