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| Titel |
Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) Forest as a Significant Carbon Sink: Case Study Based on Four Year Measurement in Central Taiwan |
| VerfasserIn |
Meng Ying Lin, I Fang Hsieh, Po Hsuan Lin, Chih Hsin Cheng, Tomonori Kume |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2017
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| Medientyp |
Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 19 (2017) |
| Datensatznummer |
250140536
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2017-3936.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Recently, the aggressive expansion of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forest to
surrounding ecosystems has been noticed in eastern Asian countries such as Taiwan. The
carbon balance including aboveground and belowground carbon stock might be influenced
greatly by the vegetation replacements. Moso bamboo has an “off-year” and “on-year”
growth phenomenon that would cause significant difference of net primary productivity
(NPP) and net ecosystem productivity (NEP) between the two years. So far, few
studies have investigated carbon cycling with the consideration of the impact of
biennial cycle in Moso bamboo forests. Therefore, the aims of this study were to
understand the characteristic of carbon cycle in a pure Moso bamboo plantation,
situated in a montane cloud forest zone of central Taiwan. To these ends, this study 1)
examined the aboveground and belowground biomass, 2) estimated the NPP and NEP in
the Moso bamboo forest with the long-term data (2012-2015) and 3) compared
the results of NPP and NEP in this study with other forests in Taiwan and in the
worldwide scale. The NPP and NEP of Moso bamboo forest were 8.95 and 4.17
was Mg C ha−1 yr−1, respectively. Comparison of NPP in this study with other
forest types showed that the NPP in this study was comparable with that of tropical
forests with high annual temperature. The NEP in this study was similar to that of
temperate humid forests showing world-largest class NEP. The results revealed
that Moso bamboo forest as a potential role of carbon sink in forests ecosystem. |
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