Open AccessBiomasa y carbono en Guadua angustifolia Kunth y Bambusa oldhamii Munro en dos comunidades de la sierra Nororiental de Puebla, México
Author(s) -
Juan Francisco Aguirre-Cadena,
Benito Ramírez-Valverde,
Jorge Cadena-Íñiguez,
José Pedro Juárez Sánchez,
Laura Caso-Barrera,
D. Martínez-Carrera
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista de biología tropical
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2215-2075
pISSN - 0034-7744
DOI - 10.15517/rbt.v66i4.33364
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , hectare , bamboo , forestry , population , biology , perennial plant , bambusa , amazon rainforest , horticulture , botany , geography , agronomy , ecology , agriculture , demography , sociology
The increase of CO2 in the atmosphere can be reduced by capturing them through the photosynthetic process, with special emphasis on fast growing perennial species such as bamboo. The objective of the present study was to quantitatively evaluate the aerial biomass and estimate the carbon content for the species Guadua angustifolia Kunth and Bambusa oldhamii Munro, in commercial plantations established in communities of the Northeast Sierra of Puebla, Mexico. The estimation of population and aerial biomass for both species is tended by a selection of 10 % of plants in one hectare. The samplings were carried out from June 2016 to September 2017. For the plantation of B. Oldhamii Munro, the number of culms per plant gradually increased towards the most recent generations, from 3.6 stems in the most adult cohort to 4.5 in the youngest. The diameter of the stems and their average height show a gradual increase from the older cohorts to the recent cohorts. The total aerial biomass estimated in the plantation of B. oldhamii Munro was 103 403 48 Mgha-1 distributed in the asses of the four years. The total aerial biomass estimated in the plantation of G. angustifolia Kunth is 47 665 11 Mgha-1