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Characteristics of carbon storage and its allocation in Erythrophleum fordii plantations with different ages.

MING An-gang1,2,3, JIA Hong-yan1,3, TIAN Zu-wei1,3, TAO Yi1,3, LU Li-hua1,3, CAI Dao-xiong1,3, SHI Zuo-min2, WANG Wei-xia2   

  1. (1Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Pingxiang 532600, Guangxi, China; 2Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; 3Guangxi Youyiguan Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Pingxiang 532600, Guangxi, China)
  • Online:2014-04-18 Published:2014-04-18

Abstract: Carbon storage and its allocation of 7-, 29- and 32-year-old  Erythrophleum fordii plantation ecosystems in Guangxi were studied on the basis of biomass survey. The results showed that the carbon contents in different organs of E. fordii, ranging from 509.0 to 572.4 g·kg-1, were in the order of stem > branch > root > bark > leaf. No significant differences in carbon content were observed among the shrub, herb and litter layers of the E. fordii plantations with different ages. Carbon content in the soil layer (0-100 cm) decreased with increasing the soil depth, but increased with increasing the stand age. The carbon storage of the arbor layer was 21.8, 100.0 and 121.6 t·hm-2  for 7-, 29- and 32-year-old stands, respectively, and the order of carbon storage allocation in different organs was same as the order of carbon content. The 7-, 29- and 32-year-old E. fordii plantation ecosystems stored carbon at 132.6, 220.2 and 242.6 t·hm-2, respectively. The arbor layer and soil layer were the main carbon pools, accounting for more than 97% of carbon storage in the ecosystem. Carbon storage allocation increased in arbor layer but decreased in soil layer with increasing the stand age. The influence of stand age on carbon storage allocation in shrub, herb and litter layers did not show a obvious regular pattern.