DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.046
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84927667648
论文题名: Biomass and growth potential of Eucalyptus regnans up to 100m tall
作者: Sillett S.C. ; Van Pelt R. ; Kramer R.D. ; Carroll A.L. ; Koch G.W.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 348 起始页码: 78
结束页码: 91
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Allometric equations
; Biomass
; Carbon
; Eucalyptus regnans
; Old age
; Tree size
Scopus关键词: Biomass
; Carbon
; Forestry
; Allometric equations
; Eucalyptus regnans
; Ground based measurement
; Intensive measurements
; Old age
; Photosynthetic tissues
; Stand-replacing fires
; Tree size
; Ecology
; aboveground biomass
; allometry
; evergreen forest
; growth rate
; mortality
; old-growth forest
; phytomass
; Biomass
; Carbon
; Equations
; Eucalyptus Regnans
; Trees
; Australia
; Tasmania
; Eucalyptus regnans
; Fungi
英文摘要: Predicting tree biomass and growth increments via allometric equations is routine in forestry, but this approach is problematic in old-growth forests unless equations are derived from trees spanning the full size range. Using intensive measurements of 27 standing Eucalyptus regnans trees 61.1-99.8m tall and 80-430years old in Tasmania, Victoria, and New Zealand, we develop allometric equations to predict aboveground attributes, including biomass and annual growth increments, of trees >60m tall using ground-based measurements. Power functions of diameter underestimate biomass growth increments unless measurements are made above buttressing on the lower trunk. Growth anomalies apparent in several trees suggest that wounded E. regnans expend considerable energy to outgrow decay fungi and prevent structural collapse. Despite declining growth efficiency - defined as biomass growth per unit mass of photosynthetic tissues - with increasing tree size and age, biomass growth increments of E. regnans increase as trees enlarge with age until extrinsic forces cause mortality. The largest living E. regnans has an aboveground biomass of 215Mg and a growth increment of 0.784Mgyear-1, not accounting for mass loss due to decay. An even larger E. regnans tree - killed by fire in 2003 - had an aboveground biomass of ~270Mg, an estimated growth increment of ~1Mgyear-1, and was ~480years old at the end of its life. Prior to a stand-replacing fire in 2009, Australia's tallest forest had a maximum aboveground biomass of 1504Mgha-1 and a maximum aboveground carbon mass of 706Mgha-1. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65435
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作者单位: Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States; School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Recommended Citation:
Sillett S.C.,Van Pelt R.,Kramer R.D.,et al. Biomass and growth potential of Eucalyptus regnans up to 100m tall[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,348