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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2013, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (10): 1-6.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20131001

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Effects of Thinning on the Biomass and Carbon Storage in Pinus massoniana Plantation

Ming Angang1,2, Zhang Zhijun3, Chen Honghui2, Zhang Xianqiang2, Tao Yi2, Su Yong4   

  1. 1. Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, CAF Beijing 100091;
    2. Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry, CAF Pingxiang 532600;
    3. China Forest Exploration & Design Institute on Kunming Kunming 650216;
    4. Nanning Arboretum Nanning 530031
  • Received:2012-08-03 Revised:2013-08-20 Online:2013-10-25 Published:2013-11-05

Abstract:

The biomass and carbon storage of 25-year-old Pinus massoniana plantations in different thinning intensities were investigated in the Daqingshan mountain in Guangxi. The results showed that thinning increased the biomass and carbon storage in tree layer, but decreased the biomass and carbon storage in the understory layer and litter layer. Carbon storage of tree layer with intensive thinning, intermediate thinning and mild thinning was greater than that of control by 11.47%, 11.78% and 14.49%, respectively. The understory layerhad less carbon storage than the control by 20.82%,19.80% and 0.20%, respectively. The litter layer had less carbon storage than the control by 15.81%,2.87%, and 27.31%, respectively. Thinning tended to decrease carbon storage in the soil layer while to increase the total carbon storage in the ecosystem. The soil carbon storage with various thinning intensities was less than that of control by 4.15%,1.83% and 5.53%, respectively, and the total carbon storage in the ecosystem was less that that of control by 2.62%, 4.19% and 3.58%, respectively. Thinning had no significant effect on the distribution of carbon storage in the tree layer, and different thinning intensities had the same distribution order, that is, stem (53.38%-60.12%) >root (15.70%-16.74%) >bark (12.88%-14.38%) >branch (7.53%-9.12%) >leaf (2.27%-2.88%).

Key words: thinning, Pinus massoniana, plantation, biomass, carbon storage, distribution

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