Thinning Effects on Biomass and Carbon Stock for Young Taiwania Plantations
العنوان: | Thinning Effects on Biomass and Carbon Stock for Young Taiwania Plantations |
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المؤلفون: | Chih-Ming Chiu, Yu-Jen Lin, Jiunn-Cheng Lin, Wan-Yu Liu |
المصدر: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018) |
بيانات النشر: | Nature Publishing Group UK, 2018. |
سنة النشر: | 2018 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0106 biological sciences, Carbon Sequestration, Conservation of Natural Resources, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Taiwania, genetic structures, Tree allometry, Taiwan, chemistry.chemical_element, Biomass, lcsh:Medicine, Carbon sequestration, Forests, 01 natural sciences, Article, Trees, Soil, Ecosystem, lcsh:Science, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Multidisciplinary, biology, Thinning, lcsh:R, Carbon sink, Cupressaceae, Forestry, biology.organism_classification, eye diseases, Carbon, Agronomy, chemistry, Environmental science, lcsh:Q, 010606 plant biology & botany |
الوصف: | Forests play an important role as carbon sinks by sequestrating carbon through photosynthesis. Thinning treatments have large impacts on carbon storage, in addition to strengthening quality and quantity of plantations. This study analyzed the effects of different thinning treatments on carbon stocks in both individual trees and stands of Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) plantations. Repeated field measurements and allometric equations were used to calculate total C storage and sequestration rates of live trees. The results of this study showed that the total carbon stock of stands with thinning treatments was less than that of the non-thinned stands. The non-thinned 23-year old stands had an estimated carbon stock of 96.8 Mg C ha−1, which is higher than the carbon stock found in either medium- (84.1 Mg C ha−1) or heavily-thinned (74.7 Mg C ha−1) treatment plots of the same age. If the objective of Taiwania plantations was to store large amounts of carbon in the young growth stage, without regard to the initial rate of storage, a better option is no-thinning. However, the medium thinned forests seem to be more promising for carbon sequestration than the no-thinned forests if a longer period is considered. |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2045-2322 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b8d5016bfdebb5cc0b5e4d5abb11817b http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5814411 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b8d5016bfdebb5cc0b5e4d5abb11817b |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 20452322 |
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