Biometric relationships for non-destructive above ground biomass estimations in young plantations of Acacia salicina Lindl. and Eucalyptus occidentalis Endl.

This study aims to estimate carbon stored in above ground at the Mempawah Mangrove Park (MMP) area of Mempawah District, the data used were mangrove planted in 2013. Full Enumeration was used in this study while collecting the data applied non destructive sampling method for the tree, its was a diameter of ≥ 5 cm. Based on the results of measurements and observations in the field directly, it had 63 of the total number of line which were done by all the areas of Mempawah Mangrove Park in Mempawah District. The result of this study reveals which has 2 (two) kinds of mangrove. They are Avicennia marina dan Rhizopora stylosa. Avicennia marina is kinds of mangrove that dominate with the total number of 35 individuals based on the tree level and 1404 individuals relating the stake level. Then, Rhizopora stylosa gets the stake level for two individuals so that the stand density is 379.21 /ha. The value of biomass in the MMP area is 7.16 tons C / ha and the carbon value in the MMP area is 3.37 tons C / ha.Keywords: Above Ground Biomass, Carbon, Mangrove ForestsPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menduga karbon tersimpan di atas permukaan tanah di kawasan Mempawah Mangrove Park (MMP) Kabupaten Mempawah, data yang digunakan yaitu data yang ditanam pada tahun 2013. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini yaitu pengamatan secara menyeluruh (full enumeration), sedangkan untuk mengumpulkan data di lapangan menggunakan metode non destructive sampling (pengukuran tanpa melakukan pemanenan) pada pohon yang berdiameter > 5 cm. Berdasarkan hasil dari pengukuran dan pengamatan secara langsung di lapangan dengan jumlah jalur sebanyak 63 yang dilakukan pada seluruh kawasan MMP. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat dua jenis mangrove yaitu jenis Avicennia mariana dan Rhizopora stylosa yang mendominasi pada kawasan MMP, dimana A. Mariana merupakan jenis yang mendominasi dengan jumlah 35 individu pada tingkat pohon dan 1.404 individu pada tingkat pancang, sedangkan untuk jenis R. Stylosa hanya terdapat pada tingkat pancang dengan jumlah 2 individu sehingga didapatlah kerapatan tegakan sebesar 379,21 ind/Ha. Nilai biomassa pada kawasan MMP sebesar 7,16 ton C/Ha dan nilai karbon pada kawasan MMP sebesar 3,37 ton C/Ha.Kata kunci : mangrove, Karbon, karbon tersimpan

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Above-Ground Biomass and Carbon Stocks in Tropical Deciduous Forests of Nallamalais, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India

Indian Journal of Forestry ◽

10.54207/bsmps1000-2013-287l5o ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 9-16

Author(s):

V. Rao ◽

K. Prasad ◽

D. Veeranjaneyulu ◽

P. Priyadarsini ◽

Boyina Rao

Keyword(s):

Andhra Pradesh ◽

Basal Area ◽

Life Forms ◽

Carbon Stocks ◽

Deciduous Forests ◽

Eastern Ghats ◽

Biomass Estimation ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Ground Biomass ◽

Non Destructive

The present study aimed to estimate above-ground biomass and carbon stocks of different life forms in tropical dry and moist deciduous forests of Nallamalais, one of the centers of plant diversity of India, located in central part of the Eastern Ghats. The present study used a non-destructive method of biomass estimation. From the sampled inventory it is found that the dry deciduous vegetation with 114 species comprising a total of 1737 tree individuals with a mean basal area of 16.37±9.12 m2 ha-1, 61.52±41.66 Mg ha-1 (Mega gram=106 g) above-ground biomass and 26.83±15.69 Mg ha-1 carbon, the moist deciduous vegetation with 115 species, comprising 1431 tree individuals with a mean basal area of 29.78±4.83 m2 ha-1, contributing 110.37±26.12 Mg ha-1 above-ground biomass and 52.24±12.48 Mg ha-1 carbon. It is revealed that the moist deciduous forests are more efficient in terms of sequestering atmospheric carbon.

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Carbon Sequestration Potentials of Woody Plant Species in Makurdi Zoological Garden Benue State Nigeria

Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry ◽

10.9734/ajraf/2019/v3i230034 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

A. M. Paul ◽

C. C. Iheukwumere ◽

C. U. Aguoru ◽

T. Okoh ◽

U. J. Alfred

Keyword(s):

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Carbon Content ◽

Woody Plant ◽

Total Carbon ◽

Zoological Garden ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Ground Biomass ◽

Below Ground ◽

Non Destructive ◽

Total Average

Aims: The aim of this study is to estimate the total carbon sequested by some Woody plant Species in Makurdi zoological garden and its contribution to climate change. Study Design: Random sample plots of 100 m × 100 m were located in the field using a Garmin GPS and simple allometric procedures using standard carbon inventory principles and techniques that are based on data collection and analysis of carbon accumulating in the above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, and soil carbon using verifiable modern methods were adopted. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiment was carried out at the Makurdi zoological garden, Benue State, Nigeria between September and October 2018. Methodology: The non-destructive method was used with the view to determine the above ground biomass (AGB), below ground biomass (BGB), Estimate the above ground carbon (AGC), below ground carbon (BGC), Total Carbon Content (TCC) and also to estimate the Above ground C02 and below ground C02 and the total C02 Sequestered in the study area. Results: A total number of 27 species of trees belonging to 16 different families were found in randomly selected sample plots. The diameter at breast height (DBH) was measured at 1.3 m from ground level with a good measuring tape while heights of plants were measured using haga altimeter. The result showed that a total of 3331.05 ton/ha of C02 was estimated to have been sequestered using the non-destructive field measurement. Conclusion: Total average standing biomass of various tree species was calculated to be 907.6395 tons/ha whereas the total average carbon sequestered was 302.6918 tons/ha. Carbon sequestration capacity of trees increased as the age of trees increases. Therefore it can be concluded that the older trees have higher carbon content than younger trees hence, they are reservoirs of carbon.

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Above ground biomass and leaf area models based on a non destructive method for urban trees of two communes in Central Chile

Bosque (Valdivia) ◽

10.4067/s0717-92002011000300010 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 287-296 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Cynnamon Dobbs ◽

Jaime Hernández ◽

Francisco Escobedo

Keyword(s):

Leaf Area ◽

Urban Trees ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Central Chile ◽

Ground Biomass ◽

Non Destructive

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Stem and Total Above-Ground Biomass Models for the Tree Species of Freshwater Wetlands Forest, Coastal Areas and Dry Areas of Bangladesh: Using a Non-Destructive Approach

Open Journal of Forestry ◽

10.4236/ojf.2021.112006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (02) ◽

pp. 73-82

Author(s):

Mahmood Hossain ◽

Chameli Saha ◽

Rakhi Dhali ◽

Srabony Saha ◽

Mohammad Raqibul Hasan Siddique ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tree Species ◽

Coastal Areas ◽

Freshwater Wetlands ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Ground Biomass ◽

Biomass Models ◽

Dry Areas ◽

Non Destructive

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3D-laser scanning: A non-destructive method for studying above- ground biomass and growth of juvenile trees

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ◽

10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.05.013 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 151 (10) ◽

pp. 1305-1311 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Dominik Seidel ◽

Friderike Beyer ◽

Dietrich Hertel ◽

Stefan Fleck ◽

Christoph Leuschner

Keyword(s):

Laser Scanning ◽

3D Laser Scanning ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Ground Biomass ◽

Non Destructive

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ESTIMATION OF ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS OF THE THREE SITES (GRAZED SITE, PROTECTED SITE AND SEED SOWN SITE) FOR COMPARING THEIR PRODUCTIVITY IN KASHMIR VALLEY

FLORA AND FAUNA ◽

10.33451/florafauna.v23i2pp259-262 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Author(s):

AFSHAN ANJUM BABA ◽

SYED NASEEM UL-ZAFAR GEELANI ◽

ISHRAT SALEEM ◽

MOHIT HUSAIN ◽

PERVEZ AHMAD KHAN ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Aboveground Biomass ◽

Plant Biomass ◽

Summer Season ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Spring Season ◽

Kashmir Valley ◽

Ground Biomass ◽

Maximum Value ◽

Protected Site

The plant biomass for protected areas was maximum in summer (1221.56 g/m2) and minimum in winter (290.62 g/m2) as against grazed areas having maximum value 590.81 g/m2 in autumn and minimum 183.75 g/m2 in winter. Study revealed that at Protected site (Kanidajan) the above ground biomass ranged was from a minimum (1.11 t ha-1) in the spring season to a maximum (4.58 t ha-1) in the summer season while at Grazed site (Yousmarag), the aboveground biomass varied from a minimum (0.54 t ha-1) in the spring season to a maximum of 1.48 t ha-1 in summer seasonandat Seed sown site (Badipora), the lowest value of aboveground biomass obtained was 4.46 t ha-1 in spring while as the highest (7.98 t ha-1) was obtained in summer.

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The climatic imprint of bimodal distributions in vegetation cover for western Africa

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-13-3343-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 3343-3357 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Zun Yin ◽

Stefan C. Dekker ◽

Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk ◽

Henk A. Dijkstra

Keyword(s):

Land Cover ◽

Congo Basin ◽

Shortwave Radiation ◽

Mean Annual Precipitation ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Precipitation Regime ◽

Ground Biomass ◽

Western Africa ◽

Precipitation Regimes ◽

Woody Cover

Abstract. Observed bimodal distributions of woody cover in western Africa provide evidence that alternative ecosystem states may exist under the same precipitation regimes. In this study, we show that bimodality can also be observed in mean annual shortwave radiation and above-ground biomass, which might closely relate to woody cover due to vegetation–climate interactions. Thus we expect that use of radiation and above-ground biomass enables us to distinguish the two modes of woody cover. However, through conditional histogram analysis, we find that the bimodality of woody cover still can exist under conditions of low mean annual shortwave radiation and low above-ground biomass. It suggests that this specific condition might play a key role in critical transitions between the two modes, while under other conditions no bimodality was found. Based on a land cover map in which anthropogenic land use was removed, six climatic indicators that represent water, energy, climate seasonality and water–radiation coupling are analysed to investigate the coexistence of these indicators with specific land cover types. From this analysis we find that the mean annual precipitation is not sufficient to predict potential land cover change. Indicators of climate seasonality are strongly related to the observed land cover type. However, these indicators cannot predict a stable forest state under the observed climatic conditions, in contrast to observed forest states. A new indicator (the normalized difference of precipitation) successfully expresses the stability of the precipitation regime and can improve the prediction accuracy of forest states. Next we evaluate land cover predictions based on different combinations of climatic indicators. Regions with high potential of land cover transitions are revealed. The results suggest that the tropical forest in the Congo basin may be unstable and shows the possibility of decreasing significantly. An increase in the area covered by savanna and grass is possible, which coincides with the observed regreening of the Sahara.

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