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Osei R, del Río M, Ruiz-Peinado R, Titeux H, Bielak K, Bravo F, Collet C, Cools C, Cornelis JT, Drössler L, Heym M, Korboulewsky N, Löf M, Muys B, Najib Y, Nothdurft A, Pretzsch H, Skrzyszewski J, Ponette Q. The distribution of carbon stocks between tree woody biomass and soil differs between Scots pine and broadleaved species (beech, oak) in European forests. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH 2022; 141:467-480. [PMID: 35469155 PMCID: PMC9021361 DOI: 10.1007/s10342-022-01453-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED While the impacts of forest management options on carbon (C) storage are well documented, the way they affect C distribution among ecosystem components remains poorly investigated. Yet, partitioning of total forest C stocks, particularly between aboveground woody biomass and the soil, greatly impacts the stability of C stocks against disturbances in forest ecosystems. This study assessed the impact of species composition and stand density on C storage in aboveground woody biomass (stem + branches), coarse roots, and soil, and their partitioning in pure and mixed forests in Europe. We used 21 triplets (5 beech-oak, 8 pine-beech, 8 pine-oak mixed stands, and their respective monocultures at the same sites) in seven European countries. We computed biomass C stocks from total stand inventories and species-specific allometric equations, and soil organic C data down to 40 cm depth. On average, the broadleaved species stored more C in aboveground woody biomass than soil, while C storage in pine was equally distributed between both components. Stand density had a strong effect on C storage in tree woody biomass but not in the soil. After controlling for stand basal area, the mixed stands had, on average, similar total C stocks (in aboveground woody biomass + coarse roots + soil) to the most performing monocultures. Although species composition and stand density affect total C stocks and its partitioning between aboveground woody biomass and soil, a large part of variability in soil C storage was unrelated to stand characteristics. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10342-022-01453-9.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard Osei
- Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain–Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 box L7.05.09, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Forest Research Centre, INIA, CSIC, Ctra. A Coruña km 7’5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- iuFOR- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid–INIA, Avda. de Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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- Forest Research Centre, INIA, CSIC, Ctra. A Coruña km 7’5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- iuFOR- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid–INIA, Avda. de Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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- Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain–Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 box L7.05.09, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Silviculture, Institute of Forest Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159/34, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- iuFOR- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid–INIA, Avda. de Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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- AgroParisTech, INRAE, UMR Silva, Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France
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- Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain–Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 box L7.05.09, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- School of Natural Science and Medicine, Ilia State University, Kakutsa Cholokashvili Ave 3/5, 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Chair of Forest Growth and Yield Science, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 190, SE-234 22 Lomma, Sweden
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- Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, Box 2411, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain–Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 box L7.05.09, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Forest Growth, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Chair of Forest Growth and Yield Science, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29-listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain–Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 box L7.05.09, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Coupling Photosynthetic Measurements with Biometric Data to Estimate Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) in Mediterranean Pine Forests of Different Post-Fire Age. FORESTS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/f12091256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Quantification of forest Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) is important for understanding ecosystem function and designing appropriate carbon mitigation strategies. Coupling forest biometric data with canopy photosynthesis models can provide a means to simulate GPP across different stand ages. In this study we developed a simple framework to integrate biometric and leaf gas-exchange measurements, and to estimate GPP across four Mediterranean pine forests of different post-fire age. We used three different methods to estimate the Leaf Area Index (LAI) of the stands, and monthly gas exchange data to calibrate the photosynthetic light response of the leaves. Upscaling of carbon sequestration at the canopy level was made by implementing a Big Leaf and a Sun/Shade model, using both average and variant (monthly) photosynthetic capacity values. The Big Leaf model simulations systematically underestimated GPP compared to the Sun/Shade model simulations. Our simulations suggest an increasing GPP with age up to a stand maturity stage. The shape of the GPP trend with stand age was not affected by the method used to parameterise the model. At the scale of our study, variability in stand and canopy structure among the study sites seems to be the key determinant of GPP.
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