Biomass carbon accumulation in aging Japanese cedar plantations in Xitou, central Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Japanese cedar (Chrytomeria japonica D. Don) is an important plantation species in Taiwan and represents 10% of total plantation area. It was first introduced in 1910 and widely planted in the northern and central mountainous areas of Taiwan. However, a change in forest management from exotic species to native species in 1980 had resulted in few new Japanese cedar plantations being established. Most Japanese cedar plantations are now between 30 and 50 years old and reaching their rotation period. It is of interest to know whether these plantations could be viable for future carbon sequestration through the accumulations of stand carbon stocks. Twelve even-aged Japanese cedar stands along a stand age gradient from 37 to 93 years were selected in Xitou of central Taiwan. T

SUBMITTER: Cheng CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5432850 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature