Effects of Thinning Intensity on Carbon Stocks and Changes in Larch Forests in China Northeast Forest Region

Shuyong, Li; Li, Shenggong; Huang, Mei

doi:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2017.05.011

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“…Li et al . 37 also discovered that the total carbon stock declined with thinning for larch forests; and Ruiz-Peinado et al . 38 showed that non-thinned stands had the highest carbon stocks for Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L .…”

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Thinning Effects on Biomass and Carbon Stock for Young Taiwania Plantations

Lin

Chiu

et al. 2018

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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.

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Thinning Effects on Biomass and Carbon Stock for Young Taiwania Plantations

Lin

Chiu

et al. 2018

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“…Only in the MT plot, the annual carbon stock rate of Manchurian ash transferred from decreasing to increasing (Figure 5). The differential response of Korean pine and Manchurian ash to thinning offers some explanation to previous P r e p r i n t inconsistent results about thinning's impacts on forest carbon stocks (del Río et al, 2017;Lin et al, 2018;Schaedel et al, 2017;Shuyong et al, 2017).…”

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“…Through intentionally removing trees to regulate competition, thinning reallocates the growing space, improve growing conditions (ex: light, temperature, water, nutrients) for residual trees, support vigorous tree growth, minimize tree mortality and thus increase forest growth, timber productivity and economic value (Eriksson, 2006;Geng et al, 2021;Saarinen et al, 2020). Many studies have examined the effects of thinning on carbon stocks (del Río et al, 2017;Lin et al, 2018;Schaedel et al, 2017;Shuyong et al, 2017), but previous results remain inconsistent. The rapid regeneration of understory vegetation and the fast growth of post-thinning survivors could lead to greater carbon sequestration rates (Briceño et al, 2006;Hoover and Stout, 2007;López et al, 2003;Schilling et al, 1999;Zheng et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%