Estimating the aboveground biomass in an old secondary forest on limestone in the Moluccas, Indonesia: Comparing locally developed versus existing allometric models
Autor: | Jérôme Chave, Ervan Rutishauser, Niels P. R. Anten, Yves Laumonier, Suzanne M. Stas |
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Přispěvatelé: | Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Biodiversity forêt tropicale 01 natural sciences K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales Biomasse Dynamique des populations Biomass (ecology) Policy and Law Ecology U10 - Informatique mathématiques et statistiques Aboveground biomass Forestry Vegetation PE&RC Limestone Management séquestration du carbone Allometric model réduction des émissions protection de la forêt Forêt P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières Biodiversité Crop and Weed Ecology Modèle mathématique Monitoring F40 - Écologie végétale Pantropical Management Monitoring Policy and Law 010603 evolutionary biology Deforestation K70 - Dégâts causés aux forêts et leur protection 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation Changement climatique Secondary forest Diameter at breast height Destructive sampling Déboisement services écosystémiques Liana Indonesia Environmental science forêt secondaire |
Zdroj: | Forest Ecology and Management Forest Ecology and Management, 389, 27-34 Forest Ecology and Management, 389, 27. Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management 389 (2017) |
ISSN: | 0378-1127 |
Popis: | Deforestation and forest degradation are widespread in Indonesia and pose serious threats to biodiversity and other ecosystem services. The Indonesian government is implementing several Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) initiatives to help support the conservation of tropical forests, but the eastern part of Indonesia has yet to be included in this effort. Tropical forests growing on limestone are a prominent feature of that region, but little is known about their ecology and management, and only limited research has been conducted on biomass and the associated carbon storage capacity of these secondary forests. Here, we estimate the aboveground tree biomass (AGB) in an old secondary forest on limestone in Seram, the Moluccas, East Indonesia. We destructively sampled all aboveground vegetation in 0.04 ha forest and developed a local allometric model (n = 25; diameter-range of 10.4–41.7 cm). We tested and compared the performance of our locally developed model with existing local models and a recent pantropical model (Chave et al., 2014) at our site. Total AGB in the 1-ha forest plot was estimated at 177 Mg ha−1, of which 141 Mg ha−1 (80%) was allocated in trees ⩾10 cm diameter at breast height (dbh), 33 Mg ha−1 (19%) in trees |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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