Changes of carbon stocks in bamboo stands in China during 100 years

Chen, Xiangang; Zhang, Xiaoquan; Zhang, Yiping; Booth, Trevor H.; He, Xinhua

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.051

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“…Carbon dynamics in forests have received substantial attention from ecologists and governments [7,8]. Previous studies have revealed the significant and disproportionate contribution of bamboo forest to global carbon cycling [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Therefore, quantifying changes in bamboo forest carbon stocks and identifying the factors driving regional changes are important for understanding bamboo forest carbon dynamics and its feedback with climate change.…”

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Temporal Change in Aboveground Culms Carbon Stocks in the Moso Bamboo Forests and Its Driving Factors in Zhejiang Province, China

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Zhou

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Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) has high carbon sequestration potential and plays an important role in terrestrial carbon cycling. Quantifying the temporal change in Moso bamboo forest carbon stocks is important for understanding forest dynamics and global climate change feedback capacity. In 2009, 168 Moso bamboo forest sample plots were established in Zhejiang Province using National Forest Continuous Inventory protocols and enhanced measurements. These plots were revisited and remeasured in 2014. By comparing the two years, culms number in age classes 2 and 4 increased by 12.3% and 82.5%, respectively, while that in age classes 1 and 3 decreased by 14.7% and 0.03%, respectively. The total aboveground culms carbon stocks increased by 2.95 Mg C ha −1 in the sample plots. On average, age classes 2 and 4 contributed 25.5% and 86.7% of the change in total carbon stocks, respectively. The carbon sequestrated by aboveground culms was 0.42 Tg C year −1 , accounting for 1.55 Tg CO 2 year −1 in Moso bamboo over an area of 0.78 million hectares in Zhejiang Province. The change in Moso bamboo carbon stocks did not correlate with environmental factors, but significantly increased with increasing culms number and average diameter at breast height (DBH). Our study helps contribute to improvements in Moso bamboo forest management strategies and promote carbon sequestration capacity.

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“…China, known as the "Kingdom of Bamboo", has more than 500 bamboo species of 39 genera [9]. During the past 30 years, the bamboo industry has rapidly developed under China's economic reforms [13].…”

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Temporal Change in Aboveground Culms Carbon Stocks in the Moso Bamboo Forests and Its Driving Factors in Zhejiang Province, China

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Zhou

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“…Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) grows on more than 3.37 Mha in China, and occupies 70% of the total bamboo in the country (Chen et al, 2009). Compared with other bamboo species, Moso bamboo has some superior attributes in terms of adaptation to environmental conditions, fast growth rate, multipurpose applications, and high ecological values (Wang et al, 2013).…”

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Lead accumulation and tolerance of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) seedlings: applications of phytoremediation

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Islam

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J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. B

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A hydroponics experiment was aimed at identifying the lead (Pb) tolerance and phytoremediation potential of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) seedlings grown under different Pb treatments. Experimental results indicated that at the highest Pb concentration (400 μmol/L), the growth of bamboo seedlings was inhibited and Pb concentrations in leaves, stems, and roots reached the maximum of 148.8, 482.2, and 4282.8 mg/kg, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the excessive Pb caused decreased stomatal opening, formation of abundant inclusions in roots, and just a few inclusions in stems. The ultrastructural analysis using transmission electron microscopy revealed that the addition of excessive Pb caused abnormally shaped chloroplasts, disappearance of endoplasmic reticulum, shrinkage of nucleus and nucleolus, and loss of thylakoid membranes. Although ultrastructural analysis revealed some internal damage, even the plants exposed to 400 µmol/L Pb survived and no visual Pb toxicity symptoms such as necrosis and chlorosis were observed in these plants. Even at the highest Pb treatment, no significant difference was observed for the dry weight of stem compared with controls. It is suggested that use of Moso bamboo as an experimental material provides a new perspective for remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil owing to its high metal tolerance and greater biomass.

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“…According to the seventh National Forest Inventory data, bamboo forest covered an area of 5.38 million hectares in 2009 with an increasing trend, 70% of which was Moso bamboo forests (Jia et al 2009). The carbon stock in bamboo forests contributes by more than 10% of the carbon stock in forest ecosystems in China (Chen et al 2009). Thus, bamboo forests play a critical role in the regional, national, and even global carbon balance (Tu et al 2013).…”

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Soil respiration and carbon balance in a Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carr.) Mitford cv. Pubescens) forest in subtropical China

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionForest ecosystems can be carbon sinks or sources depending on the balance between carbon input through photosynthesis and release from respiration (Saiz et al. 2006). In forest ecosystems, soil respiration (RS) can account for 30% to 80% of the whole ecosystem respiration (Davidson et al. 2000, Law et al. 2002, Davidson & Janssens 2006. Globally, RS is the second largest carbon exchange between the soil and atmosphere, and returns as much as 80 to 98 Pg C yr -1 back into the atmosphere (BondLamberty & Thomson 2010, Raich et al. 2002, which is more than 10 times the carbon release from fossil fuel combustion (IPCC 2007). Therefore, RS is one of the major contributors to the carbon balance, and small changes in RS rate could give rise to significant changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration, leading to feedbacks to climate change (Ryan & Law 2005). Although the significance of RS for carbon balance on a regional and even the global scale has been demonstrated, there is still much to understand about biotic or abiotic controllers of RS and its source components (Gomez-Casanovas et al. 2012). For example, partitioning RS is still challenging because of remarkable soil disturbances (Hanson et al. 2000, Tang et al. 2005. Spatial and temporal variability in RS are often reported due to high variations in forest types, stand ages and management practices (King et al. 2004, Tang & Baldocchi 2005, Saiz et al. 2006, Pang et al. 2013). This has limited our ability to accurately predict the responses of RS and carbon balance to current and future climate change (Ryan & Law 2005). Therefore, measuring RS in different forest types has been proven to be increasingly important to accurately predict global carbon cycles and its responses to climate change .RS is overwhelmingly comprised of rhizoshperic respiration (respiration from roots, mycorrhizae and microbial respiration in the rhizosphere) and heterotrophic respiration , indicating that the Moso bamboo forest studied is a significant carbon sink.

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Changes of carbon stocks in bamboo stands in China during 100 years

Cited by 180 publications

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Temporal Change in Aboveground Culms Carbon Stocks in the Moso Bamboo Forests and Its Driving Factors in Zhejiang Province, China

Temporal Change in Aboveground Culms Carbon Stocks in the Moso Bamboo Forests and Its Driving Factors in Zhejiang Province, China

Lead accumulation and tolerance of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) seedlings: applications of phytoremediation

Soil respiration and carbon balance in a Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carr.) Mitford cv. Pubescens) forest in subtropical China

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