Storage and Climatic Controlling Factors of Litter Standing Crop Carbon in the Shrublands of the Tibetan Plateau
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Field Investigation and Laboratory Measurements
2.3. Climate Data
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Size and Storage of Litter Standing Crop in Tibetan Plateau Shrublands
3.2. Conversion Coefficient, Storage, and Distribution of Litter Standing Crop Carbon
3.3. Effects of MAP and MAT on Litter Standing Crop Carbon
3.4. Effects of Aboveground Biomass and Climatic Factors on Litter Standing Crop Carbon
4. Discussion
4.1. Size of Litter Standing Crop
4.2. Controlling Factors of Litter Standing Crop Carbon
4.3. Distribution and Conversion Coefficient of Litter Standing Crop to Litter Standing Crop Carbon
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Shrubland Type | Area (104 km2) | Litter Standing Crop Density (kg m−2) | Litter Standing Crop Storage (Tg) | Litter Standing Crop Carbon Storage (Tg C) | ||||||
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Foliage | Branch | Litter | Foliage | Branch | Litter | Foliage | Branch | Litter | ||
Desert shrublands | 6.69 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 2.11 | 14.63 | 16.74 | 0.82 | 6.58 | 7.40 |
Alpine shrublands | 4.29 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 1.94 | 6.15 | 8.09 | 0.76 | 2.77 | 3.53 |
Overall | 10.98 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 4.05 | 20.78 | 24.83 | 1.58 | 9.35 | 10.93 |
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Nie, X.; Wang, D.; Yang, L.; Zhou, G. Storage and Climatic Controlling Factors of Litter Standing Crop Carbon in the Shrublands of the Tibetan Plateau. Forests 2019, 10, 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10110987
Nie X, Wang D, Yang L, Zhou G. Storage and Climatic Controlling Factors of Litter Standing Crop Carbon in the Shrublands of the Tibetan Plateau. Forests. 2019; 10(11):987. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10110987
Chicago/Turabian StyleNie, Xiuqing, Dong Wang, Lucun Yang, and Guoying Zhou. 2019. "Storage and Climatic Controlling Factors of Litter Standing Crop Carbon in the Shrublands of the Tibetan Plateau" Forests 10, no. 11: 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10110987
APA StyleNie, X., Wang, D., Yang, L., & Zhou, G. (2019). Storage and Climatic Controlling Factors of Litter Standing Crop Carbon in the Shrublands of the Tibetan Plateau. Forests, 10(11), 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10110987