Above- and belowground phytomass and carbon storage in a Belgian Scots pine stand

Janssens, Ivan A.; Sampson, David A.; Čermák, Jan; Meiresonne, Linda; Riguzzi, Francesca; Overloop, Stijn; Ceulemans, R.

doi:10.1051/forest:19990201

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“…in the oak-beech stand and ash in the ash stand, accounted respectively for 84.0% and 66.4% of the total aboveground carbon stock. Carbon storage in the aboveground biomass of the Aelmoeseneie forest is comparable with the values found in previous studies [6,15,27,34,41]. Dutch investigators [25] showed that the carbon stock in living biomass is largest for beech forests, a conclusion comparable to results found here.…”

Section: Aboveground Carbon Poolssupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Dutch investigators found similar, but slightly lower values ranging from 102 to 122 tons C ha -1 for comparable forest ecosystems [26] while Janssens et al [15] found a carbon content of 114.7 tons ha -1 over a depth of 1 m in a Belgian Scots pine forest. The forest they examined was, however, situated on a sandy soil.…”

Section: Mineral Soilmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Most of the carbon stored in the holorganic horizon is stored in these two layers. Janssens et al [15] found a storage of 25.5 tons C ha -1 in the humus layer of a Belgian Scots pine forest. This is a value close to the 33.2 tons C ha -1 which was found for the oak-beech stand.…”

Section: Litter Layermentioning

confidence: 99%

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The above- and belowground carbon pools of two mixed deciduous forest stands located in East-Flanders (Belgium)

Walle¹,

Mussche²,

Samson³

et al. 2001

Ann. For. Sci.

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-Carbon (C) storage was studied in both an oak-beech and an ash stand located in the 80-year-old Aelmoeseneie experimental forest (Gontrode, East-Flanders, Belgium). The total carbon stock amounted to 324.8 tons C ha -1 in the oak-beech stand and 321.4 tons C ha -1 in the ash stand. In the oak-beech stand 41.5% of the total C was found in the soil organic matter, 11% in the litter layer and 47.5% in the vegetation. In the ash stand, the soil organic matter contained 53.0% of the total C stock, the litter layer only 1.0% and the vegetation 46.0%. Most vegetation carbon was found in the stems of the trees (51.1% in the oak-beech and 58.7% in the ash stand). Although total carbon storage appeared to be very similar, distribution of carbon over the different ecosystem compartments was related to species composition and site characteristics. Résumé -Réservoirs aériens et souterrains de carbone dans deux peuplements forestiers feuillus situés en Flandre Orientale (Belgique). L'immobilisation de carbone (C) a été étudiée dans un peuplement mixte hêtre-chêne et un de frêne, situés dans la forêt expérimentale de Aelmoeseneie âgée de 80 ans. Le stock de carbone est estimé à 324,8 tonnes de C ha -1 dans le peuplement de hêtre-chêne et à 321,4 tonnes de C ha -1 dans celui de frêne. Dans le peuplement de hêtre-chêne, 41,5 % du C total est localisé dans la matière organique du sol, 11 % dans les couches organiques et 47,5 % dans la végétation. Dans le peuplement de frêne, la matière organique du sol contient 53,0 % du stock de C total, la litière seulement 1,0 % et la végétation 46,0 %. La plus grande partie du carbone de la végétation se situe dans les troncs des arbres (51,1 % dans le peuplement hêtre-chêne contre 58,7 % dans celui de frêne). Bien que les immobilisations de carbone total semblent très semblables, la distribution du carbone dans les différents compartiments de l'écosystème dépend de la composition de l'espèce et des caractéristiques du site. Ann. For. Sci. 58 (2001) [507][508][509][510][511][512][513][514][515][516][517] 507

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Section: Aboveground Carbon Poolssupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Mineral Soilmentioning

confidence: 92%

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The above- and belowground carbon pools of two mixed deciduous forest stands located in East-Flanders (Belgium)

Walle¹,

Mussche²,

Samson³

et al. 2001

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“…These BEFs s.l. fulfilled the conditions stated above, and were reported by (at least one of) the following authors: Baritz and Strich [4], Bartelink [5,6], COST-E21 [13], Dieter and Elsasser [15], Grote [19], Guilley et al [20], Houghton et al [21], IPCC [25], Janssens et al [27] [53]. BEFs s.l.…”

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confidence: 73%

Growing stock-based assessment of the carbon stock in the Belgian forest biomass

et al. 2005

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-Belgian forests covered 693 181 ha in 2000, representing 22.7% of the total land area. As no biomass or carbon stock data are included in the Flemish and Walloon regional forest inventories, species-specific wood densities, biomass expansion factors s.s. and carbon content values were critically selected from the literature. Based on these conversion and expansion factors, and on data from the forest inventories, the total C-stock in the living biomass of productive Belgian forests was assessed at 60.9 Mt C in the year 2000. The overall mean C-stock amounted to 101.0 t C ha -1 . This value was in the higher range of values reported for the neighbouring countries, mainly due to a high mean growing stock in the Belgian forests (261.9 m 3 ha -1 ). The conversion from wood volume to wood biomass based on wood density values reported in the literature appeared to introduce the largest variability in the assessment of the carbon stocks. Additional measurements of wood densities in Belgian forests could help to reduce the uncertainty related to this factor. Because of the time-consuming and destructive character of the determination of biomass expansion factors s.s. (BEFs), the establishment of new BEFs does not have the highest priority in the framework of improving the assessment of the biomass carbon stock in the Belgian forests. As the median C-content value for all species except beech was equal to the default IPCC-value of 50% carbon in dry matter, it seems appropriate to use this value for future calculations.forest inventory / carbon stock / biomass expansion factor / wood density / aboveground and belowground biomass / carbon content Résumé -Estimation des stocks de carbone dans la biomasse des forêts en Belgique. La forêt belge couvrait 693 181 ha en 2000, ce qui représente 22,7 % de la surface totale du pays. Les inventaires forestiers flamands et wallons n'incluent pas de mesures directes de biomasse ou de stock de carbone. Pour calculer les stocks de carbone dans les arbres forestiers à partir des volumes de bois fort, les infradensités du bois, les facteurs d'expansion de la biomasse et les teneurs en carbone ont été sélectionnés dans la littérature. En 2000, les stocks de carbone dans la biomasse des forêts belges productives étaient de 60,9 Mt C, soit 101,0 t C ha -1 . Cette dernière valeur est relativement haute comparée avec celles observées dans les forêts des pays avoisinants, à cause d'un grand volume de bois fort dans les forêts belges (261,9 m 3 ha -1 ). L'infradensité du bois semble être le facteur qui introduit la plus importante variabilité dans le calcul des stocks de carbone dans la biomasse. Des mesures complémentaires des infradensités du bois des essences les plus communes en Belgique pourraient aider à réduire significativement les incertitudes sur les mesures des stocks de carbone dans les forêts. La détermination expérimentale des facteurs d'expansion est coûteuse en temps et se base sur des analyses destructives. Ainsi, l'obtention de facteurs d'expansion propre à la situati...

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“…heathland small areas were cultivated and ploughed, and some others were not, but there should have never been forest in the past 1000 years in place where the stands are growing. Basic information on the sites are given in Table 1, while a more detailed description of the stands can be found in Janssens et al (1999) andCuriel Yuste et al (2005a).…”

Section: Site Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Radiocarbon dating reveals different past managements of adjacent forest soils in the Campine region, Belgium

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Above- and belowground phytomass and carbon storage in a Belgian Scots pine stand

Cited by 114 publications

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The above- and belowground carbon pools of two mixed deciduous forest stands located in East-Flanders (Belgium)

The above- and belowground carbon pools of two mixed deciduous forest stands located in East-Flanders (Belgium)

Growing stock-based assessment of the carbon stock in the Belgian forest biomass

Radiocarbon dating reveals different past managements of adjacent forest soils in the Campine region, Belgium

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