Necromass Carbon Stock in a Secondary Atlantic Forest Fragment in Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Description of the Study Area
2.2. Quantification of Volume, Necromass and Carbon Stock
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Year of Measurement | |
---|---|---|
2010 | 2015 | |
Botanical Families | 43 | 47 |
Botanical Genera | 98 | 102 |
Identified Species | 127 | 134 |
Non - Identified Species | 3 | 5 |
Shannon-Weaver Index (H’) | 3.97 | 4.01 |
Density (stems ha−1) | 1,526 | 1,692 |
Quadratic mean diameter (cm) | 12.27 | 12.31 |
Basal Area (m2 ha−1) | 18.05 | 20.15 |
Minimum DBH (cm) | 5.03 | 5.01 |
Arithmetic mean diameter (cm) | 10.47 | 10.52 |
Maximum DBH (cm) | 65.57 | 50.29 |
Minimum Height (m) | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Average Height (m) | 10.08 | 11.17 |
Maximum Height (m) | 30.00 | 34.50 |
Volume (m3 ha−1) | 128.12 | 152.04 |
Aboveground biomass (Mg ha−1) * | 86.23 | 102.71 |
Carbon stock in aboveground biomass (MgC ha−1) | 40.01 | 47.64 |
Forest Dynamic | 2010–2015 | |
Recruited Stems (stems ha−1) | 335 | |
Mortality Stems (stems ha−1) | 169 | |
Carbon stock in Recruitment (MgC ha−1) | 1.66 | |
Carbon stock in Mortality (MgC ha−1) | 3.72 | |
Gross increment in Carbon (MgC ha−1) ** | 9.69 |
Dead Wood | Class. of Decomp. | Dens. (g cm−3) | Var. Ran. (g cm−3) | Carbon Cont. (%) | Var. Ran. (%) |
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CWD | 1 | 0.577 ± 0.128 a | 0.358 − 0.913 | 45.49 ± 0.76 | 42.80 − 47.54 |
2 | 0.527 ± 0.167 a | 0.234 − 0.865 | |||
3 | 0.395 ± 0.108 b | 0.172 − 0.650 | 45.44 ± 1.31 | 43.25 − 46.63 | |
4 | 0.321 ± 0.165 c | 0.128 − 0.796 | |||
Snags | - | 0.455 ± 0.174 | 0.128 − 0.913 | 45.49 ± 0.76 | 42.80 − 47.54 |
Litter | - | - | - | 44.46 ± 2.83 | 33.00 – 47.25 |
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Villanova, P.H.; Torres, C.M.M.E.; Jacovine, L.A.G.; Soares, C.P.B.; da Silva, L.F.; Schettini, B.L.S.; da Rocha, S.J.S.S.; Zanuncio, J.C. Necromass Carbon Stock in a Secondary Atlantic Forest Fragment in Brazil. Forests 2019, 10, 833. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100833
Villanova PH, Torres CMME, Jacovine LAG, Soares CPB, da Silva LF, Schettini BLS, da Rocha SJSS, Zanuncio JC. Necromass Carbon Stock in a Secondary Atlantic Forest Fragment in Brazil. Forests. 2019; 10(10):833. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100833
Chicago/Turabian StyleVillanova, Paulo Henrique, Carlos Moreira Miquelino Eleto Torres, Laércio Antônio Gonçalves Jacovine, Carlos Pedro Boechat Soares, Liniker Fernandes da Silva, Bruno Leão Said Schettini, Samuel José Silva Soares da Rocha, and José Cola Zanuncio. 2019. "Necromass Carbon Stock in a Secondary Atlantic Forest Fragment in Brazil" Forests 10, no. 10: 833. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100833