Variation in carbon storage among tree species in the planted forest of Kathmandu, Central Nepal
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F18%3A43898198" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/18:43898198 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/115/02/0274.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/115/02/0274.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18520/cs/v115/i2/274-282" target="_blank" >10.18520/cs/v115/i2/274-282</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Variation in carbon storage among tree species in the planted forest of Kathmandu, Central Nepal
Original language description
Carbon stock variation among trees of planted forest, was estimated in a 41-year old Coronation garden of Kathmandu, Central Nepal. Forty-one square quadrates of 20 m x 20 m were selected by applying stratified systematic sampling method in three horizontal strata of the forest. The biomass of trees was estimated using an allometric equation which was later converted to the carbon stock by using carbon fraction. The study site stored 196.4 Mg C ha(-1) (carbon sequestration rate: 4.78 Mg ha(-1) yr(-1)) equivalent to 720.7 Mg CO2 ha(-1) (CO2 assimilation rate: 17.58 Mg ha(-1) yr(-1)). Eucalyptus citriodora had the highest carbon storage (54.6 Mg ha(-1), 27.8%) and sequestration rate (1.33 Mg ha(-1) yr(-1)). Cinnamomum camphora and Salix babylonica were the dominant tree species, while Salicaceae and Lauraceae were the dominant families growing in the forest. Myrtaceae was the dominant family in terms of carbon storage and carbon sequestration rate. The study suggests that E. citriodora, C. camphora, S. babylonica and P. roxburghii would be the best species to select for forest plantation which would yield large impacts on landscape-level carbon stocks and could also mitigate climate change.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Current Science
ISSN
0011-3891
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
115
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
IN - INDIA
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
274-282
UT code for WoS article
000439478800021
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85050349649