Based on the data of the field investigation and laboratory and the database of the 8th national
forestry inventory,ecosystem carbon density,storage amount,and sequestration potential of
tree layer were estimated for five typical plantation ecosystems ( Robinia pseudoacacia,Populus
spp.,Pinus tabuliformis & Pinus armandii,which were grouped as one kind of ecosystems,Larix
principis-rupprechtii,and Picea asperata) in Gansu Province. The results showed that the average
carbon density and total carbon storage of the five typical plantation ecosystems were 139. 65
t·hm-2 and 85.78 Tg,respectively. Ecosystem carbon density varied among ecosystems. It followed
the sequence of premature ( 250.70 t·hm-2 ) > mature ( 175.97 t·hm-2 ) > middle-aged ( 156.92
t·hm-2 ) > young ( 117.56 t·hm-2 ) forest. Meanwhile,carbon storage in these plantations ranked
in the order of young ( 45.47 Tg) > middle-aged ( 19.54 Tg) > mature ( 11.84 Tg) > pre-mature
( 8.93 Tg) forest. Specifically,young and middle-aged plantations contributed the most and accounted
for 75.9% of the total carbon storage. The realistic carbon sequestration potential ( CPr
) by treelayer of the five typical plantation ecosystems in Gansu Province was estimated as 7.27 Tg. The two
largest contributors to CPr were R. pseudoacacia ( 2.49 Tg) and Populus spp. ( 2.10 Tg) . Young
plantations ( 3.78 Tg) showed the largest CPr
,followed by middle-aged plantations ( 2.04 Tg) ,and
the value of premature plantations ( 0.45 Tg) was the smallest. The maximum carbon sequestration
potential ( CPmax
) might be up to 27.55 Tg,the CPmax with different plantations ranked in the order
of R. pseudoacacia ( 9.42 Tg) > L. principis-rupprechtii ( 6.22 Tg) ≈ P. asperata ( 6.36 Tg) > Populus
spp. ( 3.18 Tg) >P. tabuliformis & P. armandii ( 2.37 Tg) . The CPmax of young and middleaged
plantations was estimated as 18.48 and 6.89 Tg,respectively,which accounted for 92% of the
total maximum carbon sequestration potential.
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