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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2): 92-98.

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Source Appointment of Differences in Biomass Estimates of Eucalypt Plantation

Yan Jing1,2, Luo Yunjian1, Zheng Defu3, Wang Shuicheng3   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiamen 361021;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049;
    3. Yongfeng State Forest Farm of Fujian Province Zhangzhou 363602
  • Received:2013-05-02 Revised:2013-08-06 Online:2014-02-25 Published:2014-03-11
  • Contact: 罗云建

Abstract:

Sustainable forest management on regional scales attributed to accurate biomass estimates, which were influenced by multiple biotic and abiotic factors. Combining forest inventory data with yield sampling, we calculated biomass accumulation of Eucalypt plantation in Nanjing, a county in Fujian, and presented spatial distribution of biomass differences between values using local biomass model gained in this study and default biomass model in many existing references. The source of differences and their relative contribution rates were analyzed using BRT (boosted regression trees) method. The result indicated that biomass accumulation calculated using default biomass model was overestimated by 20.88%, and the largest error source ascribed to stand conditions which accounting for 70.94% of biomass differences. Among all variables, stand age was dominant due to contributing 54.92% of biomass differences which declined along with stand age growth. In addition, abiotic factors had less effect on biomass differences with 29.06%; besides, elevation and soil depth were, respectively, the key variables among topography and soil factors.

Key words: biomass estimation, biomass model, influencing factors, Eucalypt plantation

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