Carbon Sequestration in Soil and Biomass Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands

Vesterdal, Lars; Rosenqvist, Lars; Salm, C. van der; Hansen, Karin; Groenenberg, B.-J.; Johansson, Maj‐Britt

doi:10.1007/1-4020-4568-9_2

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“…Changes in soil C storage have been reported from a number of studies based on stand chronosequences. In contrast to Vesterdal et al (2006), who found that soils can contribute about 30% of the total C sequestration in afforested ecosystems, we found that soil C content comprised the main proportion of the total C sequestration in this pine chronosequence.…”

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Variation in biomass and carbon storage by stand age in pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) planted ecosystem in Mt. Taiyue, Shanxi, China

Cheng

Han

Song

et al. 2013

Journal of Plant Interactions

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Forest ecosystems play dominant roles in global carbon budget because of the large quantities stored in live biomass, detritus, and soil organic matter. Researchers in various countries have investigated regional and continental scale patterns of carbon (C) stocks in forest ecosystems; however, the relationship between stand age in different components (vegetation, forest floor detritus, and mineral soil) and C storage and sequestration remains poorly understood. In this paper, we assessed an age sequence of 18-, 20-, 25-, 38-, and 42-year-old Pinus tabulaeformis planted by analyzing the vertical distribution of different components biomass with similar site conditions on Mt. Taiyue, Shanxi, China. The results showed that biomass of P. tabulaeformis planted stands was ranged from 88.59 Mg ha −1 for the 25-year-old stand to 231.05 Mg ha −1 for the 42-year-old stand and the major biomass was in the stems. Biomass of the ground vegetation varied from 0.51 to 1.35 Mg C ha −1 between the five stands. The forest floor biomass increased with increasing stand age. The mean C concentration of total tree was 49.94%, which was higher than C concentrations of ground vegetation and forest floor. Different organs of trees C concentration were between 54.14% and 47.74%. C concentrations stored in the mineral soil for each stand experienced decline with increasing soil depth, but were ageindependent. Total C storage of five planted forests ranged from 122.15 to 229.85 Mg C ha, of which 51.44-68.38% of C storage was in the soil and 28.46-45.21% in vegetation. The study provided not only with an estimation biomass of P. tabulaeformis planted forest in Mt. Taiyue, Shanxi, China, but also with accurately estimating forest C storage at ecosystem scale.

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Variation in biomass and carbon storage by stand age in pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) planted ecosystem in Mt. Taiyue, Shanxi, China

Cheng

Han

Song

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Journal of Plant Interactions

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“…This is attributed to the cumulative accumulation of mineral soil C that was transformed from the previous vegetation in to the soils through the decomposition and decay of dead litter, coarse wood debris, fine wood debris, dead roots and microbial activities, whereas the vegetation C itself is lost, since the plantations are managed on a commercial basis in which felled trees are extracted from the forests and converted into various forest products, such as timber, furniture, ply wood, boards, papers, etc. Many C sequestration investigations conducted in forest ecosystems reported the highest carbon storage in the mineral soil component, corresponding to our studies, consistent with the report of Dixon et al [11] regarding the soil pool forming the major part of forest C storage, but contradicted the findings of Vesterdal et al [55], who reported that soils contribute about 30% of the total C sequestration in an afforestation ecosystem. [13].…”

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Biomass Stock and Carbon Sequestration in a Chronosequence of Pinus massoniana Plantations in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River

Justine

Yang

et al. 2015

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Planted forest plays a significant role in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation; however, little information has been available on the distribution patterns of carbon pools with stand ages in Pinus massoniana Plantations. We investigated the biomass stock and carbon sequestration across a chronosequence (3-, 5-, 7-, 9-, 12-, 15-, 19-, 29-, 35-and 42-year) of stands with the main objectives: (1) to determine the biomass and carbon stock of the forest ecosystem; and (2) to identify factors influencing their distribution across the age series. Simple random sampling was used for collecting field data in the ten (10) stand ages. Three 20 × 20 m standard plots were laid out in February 2015 across the chronosequence. The diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree height (H) of each tree within each plot were measured using calipers and height indicator. Sub-plots of 2 × 2 m were established in each main plot for collecting soil samples at a 0-30-and 30-60-cm depth. Plantation biomass increased with increasing stand ages, ranging from 0.84 tonnes per hectare (t· ha −1 ) in the three-year stand to 252.35 t· ha −1 in the 42-year stand.The aboveground biomass (AGB) contributed 86.51%; the maximum value is 300-times the minimum value. Carbon concentrations and storage in mineral soil decreased with

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“…Following afforestation, carbon stocks in the above-and below-ground plant biomass in planted forests increase significantly with forest age (Niu and Duiker 2006). Although soils accumulate less carbon at a slower rate than the aboveground biomass (Jandl et al 2007), soils can contribute approximately 30 % of the total carbon sequestered in afforested ecosystems, as suggested by a synthesis of afforestation chronosequences in northwestern Europe (Vesterdal et al 2006). Consequently, planted forests play an increasingly important role in carbon sequestration in China.…”

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Carbon stock density in planted versus natural Pinus massoniana forests in sub-tropical China

Chen

Liang

Wang

2016

Annals of Forest Science

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Carbon Sequestration in Soil and Biomass Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands

Cited by 47 publications

References 56 publications

Variation in biomass and carbon storage by stand age in pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) planted ecosystem in Mt. Taiyue, Shanxi, China

Variation in biomass and carbon storage by stand age in pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) planted ecosystem in Mt. Taiyue, Shanxi, China

Biomass Stock and Carbon Sequestration in a Chronosequence of Pinus massoniana Plantations in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River

Carbon stock density in planted versus natural Pinus massoniana forests in sub-tropical China

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