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Short-term Effect of Thinning on Aboveground Carbon Storage in Korean Pine (Pinus koraiensis) Plantation  

Hwang, Jaehong (Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Bae, Sang-Won (Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Kyung Jae (Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Kwang-Soo (Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Hyun-Seop (Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.97, no.6, 2008 , pp. 605-610 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the short-term (3 years) effect of thinning on aboveground carbon storage for 34-year-old (site 1) and 45-year-old (site 2) Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Siebold et Zuccarini) plantations with different diameter class and site quality located in Gwangneung experimental forest. Thinning was manually carried out in consideration of basal area in 2004 (site 1 : 30% and 60% of basal area removed and site 2 : 60% of basal area removed). In 2004 and 2007, DBH and tree height were measured to analyze the changes in carbon storage after thinning. In the sites of 60% of basal area removed, although the mean DBH of site 1 was higher than that of site 2, mean annual carbon storage increment in site 2 ($6.5Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}yr^{-1}$) was about 3 times higher than that in site 1 ($2.3Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}yr^{-1}$). The reason for this result was probably due to higher stem density and site quality in site 2 compared to site 1. In site 2, mean annual carbon storage increment in thinned plot ($6.5Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}yr^{-1}$) was about 1.3 times higher than that in control ($5.2Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}yr^{-1}$). The results suggest that the stem density and site quality may be much more related to the aboveground carbon storage compared to diameter class. In addition, it is needed to consider these two factors for determining whether thinning is a feasible management alternative for the increase in aboveground carbon sequestration.
Keywords
aboveground carbon stock; annual increment; Pinus koraiensis; thinning;
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