Topography and life stage regulate species aboveground biomass distribution in combination in a tropical montane rainforest.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the correlation between topography, species biomass and species life stage would allow forest managers to better foster carbon storage in forests. Using census data from a 60-ha plot in south China, we first quantified aboveground biomass (AGB) and how much it varied among different topographies. Next, the specific contribution of 42 dominant species to total aboveground biomass was analyzed for each of the different topographies. We also explored whether these species-topography associations changed, in terms of species' AGB distribution, during each of the three life stages (sapling, juvenile, adult) for these 42 species. Our results showed that the average AGB was 368.79 Mg ha^-1 and that it varied noticeably among the four topographies (Low valley, Slope, High v

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11402657 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature