Survival, growth and carbon content in a forest plantation established after a clear-cutting in Durango, Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Forest plantations play an important role in carbon sequestration, helping to mitigate climate change. In this study, survival, biomass, growth rings and annual carbon content storage were evaluated in a mixed Pinus durangensis and P. cooperi plantation that was established after a clear-cutting. The plantation is eight years old and covers an area of 21.40 ha.

Methods

Sixteen sites of 100 m² were distributed randomly. At each site, two trees distributed proportionally to the diametric categories were destructively sampled (one per tree species). Two cross-sections were cut from each tree: The first at the base of the stump and the second at 1.30 m. The width of tree rings of the first cross-section was measured using a stereoscopic micros

SUBMITTER: Soto-Cervantes JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413079 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature