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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.05.030 |
New insights on above ground biomass and forest attributes in tropical montane forests | |
Cuni-Sanchez, Aida1; Pfeifer, Marion2; Marchant, Rob3; Calders, Kim4,5; Sorensen, Cathrine L.1; Pompeu, Patricia V.6; Lewis, Simon L.4,7; Burgess, Neil D.1,8 | |
2017-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 399 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Denmark; England; Brazil |
英文摘要 | Despite the potential of tropical montane forests to store and sequester substantial amounts of carbon, little is known about the above ground biomass (AGB) and the factors affecting it in these ecosystems, especially in Africa. We investigated the height-diameter allometry, AGB, and related differences in AGB to taxonomic and structural forest attributes in three distinct forest types (dry, mixed species and elfin) in three mountains of northern Kenya. We established 24 permanent plots (20 m x 100 m) and sampled all trees >= 10 cm diameter following standard Rainfor protocols. We identified that different height-diameter allometric models could be used for different forests types, with the exception of the Michaelis-Menten model. In our study area, model choice had little effects on AGB estimates. In general, mixed forests had greater AGB than other forest types: in Mt Nyiro AGB estimates were 611, 408 and 241 Mg ha(-1) for mixed, elfin and dry forests respectively. Forests in Mt Nyiro, the highest mountain had greater AGB than in the other mountains. In our study area, differences in AGB were related to forest structure attributes, with little influence of taxonomic attributes. The mixed and elfin forests in Mt Nyiro, dominated by Podocarpus latifolius and Faurea saligna contained comparable AGB to lowland rainforests, highlighting the importance of tropical montane forests as large carbon stock, which could be released if converted to another land cover type. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Africa Forest structure Tree diversity Height-diameter allometry |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000404195800023 |
WOS关键词 | ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS ; ALLOMETRIC MODELS ; SPECIES RICHNESS ; TREE ALLOMETRY ; CARBON STOCKS ; ECOSYSTEM ; HEIGHT ; PRODUCTIVITY ; MOUNTAINS ; DIAMETER |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/23312 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Copenhagen, Ctr Macroecol Evolut & Climate, Univ Pk 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; 2.Newcastle Univ, Sch Biol, Ridley Bldg 2, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England; 3.Univ York, Environm Dept, York Inst Trop Ecosyst, York YO10 5NG, N Yorkshire, England; 4.UCL, Dept Geog, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, England; 5.Natl Phys Lab, Earth Observat Climate & Opt Grp, Hampton Rd, Teddington TW11 0LW, Middx, England; 6.Univ Fed Lavras, Dept Forestry, POB 3037, Lavras, Brazil; 7.Univ Leeds, Sch Geog, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England; 8.World Conservat Monitoring Ctr, UN Environm Programme, 219 Huntingdon Rd, Cambridge, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cuni-Sanchez, Aida,Pfeifer, Marion,Marchant, Rob,et al. New insights on above ground biomass and forest attributes in tropical montane forests[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2017,399. |
APA | Cuni-Sanchez, Aida.,Pfeifer, Marion.,Marchant, Rob.,Calders, Kim.,Sorensen, Cathrine L..,...&Burgess, Neil D..(2017).New insights on above ground biomass and forest attributes in tropical montane forests.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,399. |
MLA | Cuni-Sanchez, Aida,et al."New insights on above ground biomass and forest attributes in tropical montane forests".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 399(2017). |
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