Shifting Forests and Carbon: Linking Community Composition and Aboveground Carbon Attributes

Knott, Jonathan; Domke, Grant M.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Walters, Brian F.; Jenkins, Michael A.; Fei, Songlin

doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00765-6

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“…In this study, the carbon structure was around 70% in soil, 20% in tree biomass (above-and belowground biomass), and 10% in the litter (Table 5). These values indicate that carbon was mainly stored in the tree layer and soil layer [36], accounting for over 90% of the total carbon storage in the plantation. There is a fundamental difference in their carbon structures due to different compositions of tree species.…”

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“…There is a fundamental difference in their carbon structures due to different compositions of tree species. This is because forest communities-assemblages of tree species in a stand vary in their capacity to capture and store carbon [36]. The C storage in plantations of fast-growing tree species is significantly higher than that in plantations of slow-growing tree species.…”

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Effects of Thinning on Carbon Storage in a Mixed Broadleaved Plantation in a Subtropical Area of China

Lin,

Feng,

Huang

et al. 2024

Forests

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Forest thinning is a widely used silvicultural method in forest management and has complex effects on carbon sequestration in different types of forest ecosystems. The present study examined the short-term effects of different thinning intensities on carbon storage in an 11-year-old mixed broadleaved plantation. The results partially supported that different thinning intensities have varying impacts on carbon storage in different parts of forest ecosystems. The main results were as follows: (1) The effect of thinning on promoting the growth of fast-growing tree species (Michelia macclurei Dandy and Schima superba Gardn. et Champ.) was earlier than that of slow-growing tree species (Castanopsis hystrix Miq.). (2) A greater thinning intensity conferred greater effects on promoting the tree biomass carbon growth, litter carbon storage, and understory plant diversity, in the order of 41%~50% > 31%~40% > 20%~30%, but these values were lower than those for the unthinned plots. (3) The soil carbon storage declined most in the 41%~50% thinned plots, due to the reduced carbon storage in the humus layer. (4) The 20%~30% thinning intensity promoted carbon sequestration in the short term in the mixed broadleaved plantation. The results suggested that a lower thinning intensity promoted carbon sequestration in the short term, a greater thinning intensity reduced carbon storage at first, but the negative effect on carbon storage exhibited trade-offs later by the growth of tree and understory plant biomass carbon and the accumulation of litter layer carbon.

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Effects of Thinning on Carbon Storage in a Mixed Broadleaved Plantation in a Subtropical Area of China

Lin,

Feng,

Huang

et al. 2024

Forests

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“…Over forest development, the carbon stock increases both in the stand and in detritus [32]. It should be noted that, according to a number of scientists, aspen forests increase both the overall stability of forest ecosystems and the rhizospheric stability of carbon storage under global climate change [33].…”

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Assessment of Carbon Productivity Dynamics in Aspen Stands under Climate Change Based on Forest Inventories in Central Siberia

Vais

Popova

Andronova

et al. 2023

Forests

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The aim of the present research was to study the dynamics of growth and conditions of aspen stands under climate change, according to different periods of forest inventory. The study was conducted in modal aspen forests growing in the subtaiga/forest steppe region of Central Siberia. Aspen forests grow intensively at young age, which allows them to realize maximum carbon sequestration potential. The research was based on forest inventory data from 1972, 1982, 2002, and 2021 (the study was conducted on a limited territory). There was a steady increase in temperatures in the growing season from 1982 to 2002. The amount of precipitation in the same season and period, however, did not exceed the median value. With an increase in the sum of temperatures in 1982–2002 from 1800 °C to 2100 °C, carbon stored in the stands increased from 0.56 to 1.48 tons C/ha per year. This statement is true for pure aspen forests aged from 10 to 30 years. There is a certain (although indirect) influence that climate trends have on aspen forests’ carbon dynamics. There was a decrease in the average carbon increment in aspen forests from the age of 40. After 55 years, the average carbon increment values in the aspen forests leveled off, and the differences depending on the stand composition became insignificant. Along with an increase in biomass increment with age, aspen stands started losing resilience, and trees began to die due to natural and pathogenic mortality. At ages between 50 and 80, carbon emission increased from 1 to 12 tons C/ha.

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Tracking 20 years of forest demographics in east Texas, USA, using national forest inventory data

Klockow,

Edgar,

Domke

et al. 2023

Environ Monit Assess

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Shifting Forests and Carbon: Linking Community Composition and Aboveground Carbon Attributes

Cited by 3 publications

References 48 publications

Effects of Thinning on Carbon Storage in a Mixed Broadleaved Plantation in a Subtropical Area of China

Effects of Thinning on Carbon Storage in a Mixed Broadleaved Plantation in a Subtropical Area of China

Assessment of Carbon Productivity Dynamics in Aspen Stands under Climate Change Based on Forest Inventories in Central Siberia

Tracking 20 years of forest demographics in east Texas, USA, using national forest inventory data

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