<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper focused on the estimation of aboveground biomass and its carbon stock in the vegetation cover on the territory of the High Tatras twelve years after a large-scale wind disturbance. Besides biomass quantification of main plant groups (i.e. trees and ground vegetation) we considered plant components with special regard to carbon rotation rate. The measurements were performed on two transects each containing 25 plots sized 4 × 4 m. Height and stem diameter of all trees on the plots were measured and used for biomass estimation. To quantify the biomass of ground vegetation, six subplots sized 20 × 20 cm were systematically placed on each plot and the aboveground biomass was harvested. The plant material was subjected to chemical analyses to quantify its carbon concentration. The study showed that while the wind disturbance caused dramatic decrease of carbon stock, young post-disturbance stands with abundant ground vegetation, represented large carbon flux via litter fall. Twelve years after the wind disturbance, the trees contributed to carbon stock more than the ground vegetation. However, the opposite situation was recorded for the carbon flux to litter that was related to the dominance of annual plants in the above-ground biomass of ground vegetation. The carbon stock in the biomass of young trees and ground vegetation represented about 8,000 kg per ha. The young stands manifested a dynamic growth, specifically the aboveground biomass increased annually by one third. The results confirmed different carbon regimes in the former old (pre-disturbance) and sparse young (post-disturbance) stands.</p></abstract>

The paper focused on the estimation of aboveground biomass and its carbon stock in the vegetation cover on the territory of the High Tatras twelve years after a large-scale wind disturbance. Besides biomass quantification of main plant groups (i.e. trees and ground vegetation) we considered plant components with special regard to carbon rotation rate. The measurements were performed on two transects each containing 25 plots sized 4 × 4 m. Height and stem diameter of all trees on the plots were measured and used for biomass estimation. To quantify the biomass of ground vegetation, six subplots sized 20 × 20 cm were systematically placed on each plot and the aboveground biomass was harvested. The plant material was subjected to chemical analyses to quantify its carbon concentration. The study showed that while the wind disturbance caused dramatic decrease of carbon stock, young post-disturbance stands with abundant ground vegetation, represented large carbon flux via litter fall. Twelve years after the wind disturbance, the trees contributed to carbon stock more than the ground vegetation. However, the opposite situation was recorded for the carbon flux to litter that was related to the dominance of annual plants in the above-ground biomass of ground vegetation. The carbon stock in the biomass of young trees and ground vegetation represented about 8,000 kg per ha. The young stands manifested a dynamic growth, specifically the aboveground biomass increased annually by one third. The results confirmed different carbon regimes in the former old (pre-disturbance) and sparse young (post-disturbance) stands.

Carbon stock in aboveground biomass of vegetation at the High Tatra Mts. twelve years after disturbance

Central European Forestry Journal

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The paper focused on the estimation of aboveground biomass and its carbon stock in the vegetation cover on the territory of the High Tatras twelve years after...

Carbon stock in aboveground biomass of vegetation at the High Tatra Mts. twelve years after disturbance

Article Category: Original Paper

Publicado en línea: 02 sept 2017

Páginas: 142 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/forj-2017-0007

Palabras clave
wind disturbance, carbon in biomass, evergreen and deciduous trees, ground vegetation, foliage fall

© by Bohdan Konôpka

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Carbon stock in aboveground biomass of vegetation at the High Tatra Mts. twelve years after disturbance

Article Category: Original Paper

Publicado en línea: 02 sept 2017

Páginas: 142 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/forj-2017-0007

Palabras clavewind disturbance, carbon in biomass, evergreen and deciduous trees, ground vegetation, foliage fall

© by Bohdan Konôpka

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
wind disturbance, carbon in biomass, evergreen and deciduous trees, ground vegetation, foliage fall