Open AccessErratum
Author(s) -
Kazimierz Gaj
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
leśne prace badawcze
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2082-8926
pISSN - 1732-9442
DOI - 10.1515/frp-2015-0040
Subject(s) - hectare , carbon sequestration , biomass (ecology) , environmental science , ecosystem , forestry , carbon dioxide , balance (ability) , carbon fibers , forest ecology , absorption (acoustics) , atmospheric sciences , carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere , mathematics , ecology , geography , biology , geology , physics , algorithm , neuroscience , composite number , acoustics , agriculture
This paper presents a method for estimating the balance of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission and absorption by Polish forest ecosystems. Based on the existing literature, a method for estimating the net absorption of CO 2 and a synthetic index to assess this amount per hectare per year was developed. The calculation was derived using two alternative methodologies. The first is based on estimating the amount of CO 2 sequestered over a trees’ life, and the second based on estimating the age-dependent biomass growth of trees. Obtained results indicate that total CO 2 sequestration by Polish forest ecosystems is the equivalent of approximately 25% of Polish anthropogenic carbon emissions and suggest that previous calculations may have been underestimated.