Temperate Primary Forest Biomass Accumulates over Centuries-Long Time Frames
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F23%3A97906" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/23:97906 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00858-w" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00858-w</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00858-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10021-023-00858-w</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Temperate Primary Forest Biomass Accumulates over Centuries-Long Time Frames
Original language description
Primary forests provide critical climate regulation functions through the capture and storage of carbon in biomass reservoirs. The capacity of primary forests to sustain biomass levels and the possible consequences of warming-induced increases in extreme disturbances are unresolved questions. We investigated the drivers of biomass accumulation in European primary mountain forests in the Carpathians. We used inventory datasets from a continental-scale survey of remnant primary forests to quantify levels of aboveground live and dead biomass across mixed beech and spruce forest types. We formulated nonlinear regression models to estimate the effects of abiotic and biotic factors, including plot-level disturbance history and tree age using dendrochronological methods. Our analyses show that biomass stocks are comparable with stocks present in other primary forests of temperate regions. Highest mean total biomass in mixed beech forests was in southern landscapes (491 +/- 81 Mg ha(-1)) and western for spruce forests (388 +/- 106 Mg ha(-1)). Forests maintained positive biomass accumulation rates over centuries-long time frames, mean plot-level age peaking at 225 years. We demonstrate that primary forests continue to function as carbon sinks at older ages. Preserving the integrity of unmanaged forests serves as an important climate mitigation strategy.
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
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ECOSYSTEMS
ISSN
1432-9840
e-ISSN
1432-9840
Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
1685-1702
UT code for WoS article
001003538200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85161718304