scholarly journals Tree aboveground carbon storage correlates with environmental gradients and functional diversity in a tropical forest

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Shen ◽  
Shixiao Yu ◽  
Juyu Lian ◽  
Hao Shen ◽  
Honglin Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Aboveground Carbon Storage

scholarly journals Tree species diversity promotes aboveground carbon storage through functional diversity and functional dominance

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (20) ◽  
pp. 7546-7557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvanus Mensah ◽  
Ruan Veldtman ◽  
Achille E. Assogbadjo ◽  
Romain Glèlè Kakaï ◽  
Thomas Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Tree Species Diversity ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Aboveground Carbon Storage

Species Loss and Aboveground Carbon Storage in a Tropical Forest

Science ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 310 (5750) ◽  
pp. 1029-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Bunker
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Species Loss ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Aboveground Carbon Storage

scholarly journals Tree species diversity predicts aboveground carbon storage through functional diversity and functional dominance in the dry evergreen Afromontane forest of Hararghe highland, Southeast Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengistu Teshome Wondimu ◽  
Zebene Asfaw Nigussie ◽  
Muktar Mohammed Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Ecosystem Function ◽  
Selection Effects ◽  
Niche Complementarity ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Aboveground Carbon Storage

Abstract Background Regarding the most important ecological challenges, scientists are increasingly debating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function. Despite this, several experimental and theoretical researches have shown inconsistencies in biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships, supporting either the niche complementarity or selection effect hypothesis. The relationship between species diversity, functional diversity, and aboveground biomass carbon was investigated in this study employing standing aboveground carbon (AGC) stock as a proxy measure for ecosystem function. We hypothesized that (i) effects of diversity on AGC can be transmitted through functional diversity and functional dominance; (ii) effects of diversity on AGC would be greater for functional dominance than functional diversity; and (iii) effects of functional diversity and functional dominance on carbon stock varied with metrics and functional traits. Community-weighted means (CWM) of functional traits (wood density, specific leaf area, and maximum plant height) were calculated to assess functional dominance (selection effects). As for functional diversity (complementarity effects), multi-trait functional diversity (selection effects) indices were computed. We tested the first hypothesis using structural equation modeling. For the second hypothesis, the effects of environmental variables such as slope, aspect, and elevation were tested first, and separate linear mixed-effects models were fitted afterward for functional diversity, functional dominance, and the two together. Results Results revealed that slope had a significant effect on aboveground carbon storage. Functional diversity and functional dominance were significant predictors of the aboveground carbon storage (22.4%) in the dry evergreen Afromontane forest. The effects of species richness on aboveground carbon storage were mediated by functional diversity and functional dominance of species. This shows that both the selection effects and the niche complementarity are important for aboveground carbon storage prediction. However, the functional diversity effects (niche complementarity) were greater than functional dominance effects (selection effects). Conclusions Linking diversity and biodiversity components to aboveground carbon provides better insights into the mechanisms that explain variation in aboveground carbon storage in natural forests, which may help improve the prediction of ecosystem functions.

scholarly journals Estimation and economic evaluation of aboveground carbon storage of Tectona grandis plantations in Western Panama

New Forests ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Derwisch ◽  
Luitgard Schwendenmann ◽  
Roland Olschewski ◽  
Dirk Hölscher
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Tectona Grandis ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Aboveground Carbon Storage

Aboveground carbon storage in a freshwater swamp forest ecosystem in the Niger Delta

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 137-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nwabueze I. Igu ◽  
Rob Marchant
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Swamp Forest ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Freshwater Swamp ◽  
Aboveground Carbon Storage

scholarly journals Economically important species dominate aboveground carbon storage in forests of southwestern Amazonia

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Galia Selaya ◽  
Pieter A. Zuidema ◽  
Christopher Baraloto ◽  
Vincent A. Vos ◽  
Roel J. W. Brienen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Aboveground Carbon Storage ◽  
Southwestern Amazonia
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