Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Their Annual Sequestration Rate in Mature Forest Stands on the Mineral Soils of Estonia

编号 010034604

推送时间 20220606

研究领域 森林生态 

年份 2022 

类型 期刊 

语种 英语

标题 Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Their Annual Sequestration Rate in Mature Forest Stands on the Mineral Soils of Estonia

来源期刊 forest

期 第346期

发表时间 20220518

关键词 forest ecosystem;  phytocoenosis;  soil cover;  organic carbon stock;  phytomass;  annual increase; 

摘要 Mature forest ecosystems are the most considerable reservoir of organic carbon (OC) among terrestrial ecosystems. The effect of soil type on aboveground OC stocks and their annual increases (AI) of overstorey tree, understorey tree and ground vegetation layers in Estonian forest phytocoenoses with mature stands on mineral soils were studied. The study enfolds nine mineral soil groups, which are characterized by their phytocoenoses composition, soil cover properties and tree stands’ taxation data. An assemblage of soil and plant cover or plant–soil system is the main focus point in explaining causal and quantitative sides of ecosystems functioning. Surface densities of OC stocks in aboveground phytomass of forests varied significantly in the range of 52–100 Mg OC ha?1. High AI or productivity (4.8–5.5 Mg OC ha?1 year?1) is a characteristic of forest ecosystems formed on leached, eluviated and pseudopodzolic soils. Forest ecosystem ground vegetation, which is an important ecological indicator, fulfils vacant ecological niches with herbs and/or mosses (up to 0.50 Mg OC ha?1). The variation of ecosystem OC stocks and their AI by soil type should be taken into account in regional OC stocks and its annual increase estimations. View Full-Text

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