Carbon Pools in Old-Growth Scots Pine Stands in Hemiboreal Latvia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Fieldwork
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Volume
3.2. Carbon Pools
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Carbon Pool | Mean ± CI | % |
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Above-ground tree biomass | 135.8 ± 4.9 | 47 |
Below-ground tree biomass | 35.4 ± 1.2 | 12 |
Living tree biomass (n = 143) | 171.2 ± 6.1 | 59 |
Lying deadwood | 5.9 ± 1.5 | 2 |
Standing dead trees | 7.1 ± 1.2 | 2 |
Snags | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 1 |
Total deadwood (n = 143) | 14.8 ± 2.1 | 5 |
Forest floor (n = 18) | 15.2 ± 7.1 | 5 |
Mineral soil (0–80 cm; n = 18) | 90.0 ± 38.9 | 31 |
Total ecosystem carbon1 | 291.2 ± 54.2 | 100 |
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Ķēniņa, L.; Jaunslaviete, I.; Liepa, L.; Zute, D.; Jansons, Ā. Carbon Pools in Old-Growth Scots Pine Stands in Hemiboreal Latvia. Forests 2019, 10, 911. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100911
Ķēniņa L, Jaunslaviete I, Liepa L, Zute D, Jansons Ā. Carbon Pools in Old-Growth Scots Pine Stands in Hemiboreal Latvia. Forests. 2019; 10(10):911. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100911
Chicago/Turabian StyleĶēniņa, Laura, Ieva Jaunslaviete, Līga Liepa, Daiga Zute, and Āris Jansons. 2019. "Carbon Pools in Old-Growth Scots Pine Stands in Hemiboreal Latvia" Forests 10, no. 10: 911. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100911