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Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China
Afforestation is a mitigation option to reduce the increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels as well as the predicted high possibility of climate change. In this paper, vegetation survey data, statistical database, National Forest Resource Inventory database, and allometric equations were used to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861385/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082208 |
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author | Liu, Xiuping Zhang, Wanjun Cao, Jiansheng Shen, Huitao Zeng, Xinhua Yu, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xin |
author_facet | Liu, Xiuping Zhang, Wanjun Cao, Jiansheng Shen, Huitao Zeng, Xinhua Yu, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xin |
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description | Afforestation is a mitigation option to reduce the increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels as well as the predicted high possibility of climate change. In this paper, vegetation survey data, statistical database, National Forest Resource Inventory database, and allometric equations were used to estimate carbon density (carbon mass per hectare) and carbon storage, and identify the size and spatial distribution of forest carbon sinks in plantation ecosystems in sand source areas of north Beijing, China. From 2001 to the end of 2010, the forest areas increased more than 2.3 million ha, and total carbon storage in forest ecosystems was 173.02 Tg C, of which 82.80 percent was contained in soil in the top 0–100 cm layer. Younger forests have a large potential for enhancing carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems than older ones. Regarding future afforestation efforts, it will be more effective to increase forest area and vegetation carbon density through selection of appropriate tree species and stand structure according to local climate and soil conditions, and application of proper forest management including land-shaping, artificial tending and fencing plantations. It would be also important to protect the organic carbon in surface soils during forest management. |
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spelling | pubmed-38613852013-12-17 Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China Liu, Xiuping Zhang, Wanjun Cao, Jiansheng Shen, Huitao Zeng, Xinhua Yu, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xin PLoS One Research Article Afforestation is a mitigation option to reduce the increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels as well as the predicted high possibility of climate change. In this paper, vegetation survey data, statistical database, National Forest Resource Inventory database, and allometric equations were used to estimate carbon density (carbon mass per hectare) and carbon storage, and identify the size and spatial distribution of forest carbon sinks in plantation ecosystems in sand source areas of north Beijing, China. From 2001 to the end of 2010, the forest areas increased more than 2.3 million ha, and total carbon storage in forest ecosystems was 173.02 Tg C, of which 82.80 percent was contained in soil in the top 0–100 cm layer. Younger forests have a large potential for enhancing carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems than older ones. Regarding future afforestation efforts, it will be more effective to increase forest area and vegetation carbon density through selection of appropriate tree species and stand structure according to local climate and soil conditions, and application of proper forest management including land-shaping, artificial tending and fencing plantations. It would be also important to protect the organic carbon in surface soils during forest management. Public Library of Science 2013-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3861385/ /pubmed/24349223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082208 Text en © 2013 Liu et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Liu, Xiuping Zhang, Wanjun Cao, Jiansheng Shen, Huitao Zeng, Xinhua Yu, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xin Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China |
title | Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China |
title_full | Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China |
title_fullStr | Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China |
title_short | Carbon Storages in Plantation Ecosystems in Sand Source Areas of North Beijing, China |
title_sort | carbon storages in plantation ecosystems in sand source areas of north beijing, china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861385/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082208 |
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