Carbon pools in a montane old-growth Norway spruce ecosystem in Bohemian Forest: Effects of stand age and elevation
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F15%3A00443068" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/15:00443068 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41320/15:68669
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.034" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.034</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.034" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.034</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Carbon pools in a montane old-growth Norway spruce ecosystem in Bohemian Forest: Effects of stand age and elevation
Original language description
Good understanding of forest productivity and carbon (C) storage capacity is essential for better understanding of C dynamics and climate modelling. Studies of old-growth forest C dynamics from central and Eastern Europe are rare and the few remaining pristine forests represent a unique opportunity to study natural forest dynamics in an otherwise managed landscape. We studied protected old-growth Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) stands in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic, to explore total ecosystem C pool (live and dead biomass and soil) variability in forest ecosystem as a function of stand age and elevation. These old-growth forest ecosystems store very high amounts of C, up to 570 t/ha, and 393 t/ha on average. Live biomass is the dominant C pool followed by mineral soil, forest floor and dead biomass. We found that total C significantly decreased with increasing elevation (1025–1338 m a.s.l) from 456 to 294 t/ha, predominantly driven by decreases in live biomass and forest floor C pools. Significant changes take place in individual pools based on age and elevation gradients, but total C was not significantly different between stands age 116–145 years. Contrary to some recent findings that old-growth forest ecosystems continue to sequester C long after maturity, our data supports the hypothesis that old growth forests reach a steady state and become C neutral. They accumulate same amount of C through photosynthesis that is lost by decay and leaching. This study provides a detailed overview of C pools of old-growth Bohemian Forests and highlights the importance of including all major C pools in forest ecosystem C studies.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
GK - Forestry
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP504%2F12%2F1218" target="_blank" >GAP504/12/1218: The effect of natural dieback of mountain spruce forest on microclimate, chemistry, and biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN
0378-1127
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
346
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
106-113
UT code for WoS article
000352332200011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84924980029