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Carbon dynamics in aboveground coarse wood biomass of wetland forests in the northern Pantanal, Brazil

Abstract

This is the first estimation on carbon dynamics in the aboveground coarse wood biomass (AGWB) of wetland forests in the Pantanal, located in Central Southern America. In four 1-ha plots in stands characterized by the pioneer species Vochysia divergens Pohl (Vochysiaceae) forest inventories (trees ?10 cm diameter at breast height, DBH) have been performed and converted to predictions of AGWB by five different allometric models using two or three predicting parameters (DBH, tree height, wood density). Best prediction has been achieved using allometric equations with three independent variables. Carbon stocks (50% of AGWB) vary from 7.4 to 100.9 Mg C ha?1 between the four stands. Carbon sequestration differs 0.50?4.24 Mg C ha?1 yr?1 estimated by two growth models derived from tree-ring analysis describing the relationships between age and DBH for V. divergens and other tree species. We find a close correlation between estimated tree age and C-stock, C-sequestration and C-turnover (mean residence of C in AGWB).
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hal-00298007 , version 1 (18-06-2008)

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J. Schöngart, J. Arieira, C. Felfili Fortes, E. Cezarine de Arruda, C. Nunes da Cunha. Carbon dynamics in aboveground coarse wood biomass of wetland forests in the northern Pantanal, Brazil. Biogeosciences Discussions, 2008, 5 (3), pp.2103-2130. ⟨hal-00298007⟩

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