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Aboveground Carbon Storage of Quercus acuta Stands by Thinning Intensity  

Lee Sang-Tae (Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Son Yeong-Mo (Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee Kyung-Jae (Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Hwang Jaehong (Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Choi Jae-Chae (Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Shin Hyeon-Chul (Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Park Nam-Chang (Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.7, no.4, 2005 , pp. 282-288 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to estimate aboveground carbon contents associated with four years of thinning treatment of Quercus acuta stands in Wando Arboretum, Jeonnam. Stand thinning was conducted over four years using stand table projection for each thinning treatment. Ten sample trees were cut in the surveyed area. Estimation of aboveground biomass was made using the equation model $W=aD+bD^2$ where W is oven dry weight and D is DBH in cm. The total aboveground biomass for each intensity treatment area was : control (148.4 ton/ha), light (105.6 ton/ha), moderate (68.7 ton/ha) and heavy (39.1 ton/ha). Aboveground carbon storage for Quercus acuta stands was found by multiplying dry weigh t (ton/ha) by 0.5. Carbon storage and increment after four years was: control (74.2 tonC/ha), light (52.8 tonC/ha), moderate (34.3 tonC/ha) and heavy thinning intensity area (38.2tonC/ha).
Keywords
Carbon storage; Thinning intensity; Biomass; dry weight; Quercus acuta;
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