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Biomass and soil carbon stocks in relation to the structure and composition of Chir Pine dominated forests in the lesser Himalayan foothills of Kashmir
- Source :
- Carbon Management, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 429-437 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
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Abstract
- Quantification of carbon stocks is critical to evaluate the potential of an ecosystem to mitigate the impact of global climate change in the REDD + scenario. Present research project was designed to gauge the sequestered carbon in Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii) dominated forests in the foothills of the western Himalayan region of Kashmir which constitute a significant regional carbon pool. The study outcomes revealed an average carbon stock value of 94.3 Mg/ha from which 68 Mg/ha was shared by soil organic carbon (SOC); whereas average biomass carbon share was 26.3 Mg/ha. P. roxburghii was the most noteworthy species containing an average carbon stock value of 5.93 Mg/ha followed by Quercus incana (3.59 Mg/ha) and Olea cuspidata (2.26 Mg/ha). Average forest biomass was chronicled as 52.5 Mg/ha from which tree biomass was 49.34 Mg/ha. Shrub and herb biomass contributed 1.95 and 0.53 Mg/ha correspondingly whereas the Leaf litter and deadwood necromass produced an average of 0.67 Mg/ha. Ordination analysis revealed that the forest carbon stocks were significantly influenced by the species composition, structural attributes as well as anthropogenic disturbances. Current study has resulted in generating a standard baseline dataset of the regional carbon stocks with diverse implications for sustainable carbon management in REDD + perspective.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17583004 and 17583012
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Carbon Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.45780be31ac54a249a35d8ececfa9a16
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2021.1966511