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The influence of tree species on carbon storage in northern China

Author(s) -

Guopeng Chen,

Huitao Shen,

Jiansheng Cao,

Wanjun Zhang

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the forestry chronicle

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 1499-9315

pISSN - 0015-7546

DOI - 10.5558/tfc2016-058

Subject(s) - afforestation , reforestation , carbon sequestration , biomass (ecology) , carbon fibers , pinus tabulaeformis , environmental science , forestry , agroforestry , larix gmelinii , china , sowing , botany , agronomy , ecology , biology , geography , carbon dioxide , mathematics , archaeology , algorithm , composite number , larch

Selection of tree species is an important management decision for increasing carbon storage in regional planting programs in China. This study quantifies above and belowground carbon storage by several species in the Desertification Combating Program around Beijing and Tianjin (DCBT). Results show that the total carbon storage of the Pinus davidiana plantation was significantly higher than that of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica but not significantly differ from plantations of Pinus tabulaeformis and Larix gmelinii var. principis-rupprechtii. Most of the carbon was in the aboveground biomass. These results suggest that tree species have substantial influences on carbon storage, and that species should be considered in improving carbon sequestration potential for afforestation/reforestation projects.

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