Estimating carbon stocks in Korean forests between 2010 and 2110: a prediction based on forest volume–age relationships

Autor:	Jungyeon Byun, Seung-Jun Lee, Doo-Ahn Kwak, Taesung Kwon, Kijun Nam, Hangnan Yu, Yowhan Son, Woo-Kyun Lee, Moonil Kim
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	biology Ecology National forest inventory Forestry Management Monitoring Policy and Law biology.organism_classification Pinus densiflora Volume (thermodynamics) Potential change Larix kaempferi Quercus spp Environmental science Allometry Carbon stock
Zdroj:	Forest Science and Technology. 9:105-110
ISSN:	2158-0715 2158-0103
Popis:	This study was focused on attempting to estimate the potential change in forest carbon stocks between 2010 and 2110 in South Korea, using forest cover maps and National Forest Inventory (NFI) data. Allometric functions (logistic regression models) of volume–age relationships were developed to estimate carbon stock change during the next 100 years for Pinus densiflora, P. koraiensis, P. rigida, Larix kaempferi and Quercus spp. As a result, we found that the average forest volume would increase from 126.89 m3/ha to 246.61 m3/ha and the average carbon stocks would increase from 50.51 Mg C/ha to 99.76 Mg C/ha during the next 100 years. The carbon stocks would increase by approximately 0.5 Mg C/(ha·yr), a high value if other northern countries’ (Canada, Russia, China, etc.) rates of increase are considered, as these are −0.10 to 0.28 Mg C/(ha·yr) as determined in a previous study. This can probably be attributed to the fact that the change in carbon stocks was estimated without the consideration of mortality, ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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