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DOI10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.002
Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon
Williams, Neil G.; Powers, Matthew D.
2019-01-15
发表期刊FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
ISSN0378-1127
EISSN1872-7042
出版年2019
卷号432页码:761-775
文章类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
英文摘要

Mature stands, mid-successional communities in which large live trees are the dominant structural feature, are a major component of forested landscapes across North America. Despite this prominence at regional scales, mature stands have rarely been the focus of research on forest carbon dynamics. We utilized an observational study design to (i) examine the medium-term impact of active management on carbon storage in live and dead vegetation in mature Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco)-dominated stands in western Oregon, and (ii) provide baseline estimates of total non-soil carbon storage during the mature phase of stand development for this forest type. Stands aged 106-193 years at the time of sampling were selected to represent a gradient in harvest intensity, from passive (reserve-based) management, to low-intensity (commercial thinning) and high-intensity (regeneration harvest with structural retention) active management. Active management treatments were implemented following the onset of maturity in stands with no prior management history, and sampling was conducted an average of 38 years and 22 years following treatment (mean for thinned and retention harvest conditions, respectively). Total non-soil carbon storage was significantly greater in stands managed using a reserve-based approach (mean of 575 Mg C ha(-1)) than those subject to retention harvest (mean 257 Mg C ha(-1)) 17 to -34 years previously, but was not different from stands managed over extended rotations with commercial thinning (mean 546 Mg C ha(-1)). A similar trend was evident for carbon storage in live overstory trees, which were also the dominant component of total non-soil carbon in all management conditions. Dead wood pools varied greatly among stands, but estimates did not indicate any systematic differences in carbon storage in dead wood between management conditions. Our results suggest that shifting from passive management to a high-intensity harvest regime in mature Douglas-fir stands will entail substantial reductions in carbon storage. By contrast, managing stands over extended rotations with light thinning may enable the provision of wood products while maintaining relatively high carbon storage in the forest ecosystem. In absolute terms, mean carbon storage across our full sample of unmanaged, low-intensity and high-intensity harvest conditions exceeded previously reported values from inventories of mature plots across a similarly broad range of site conditions, but remains below the potential upper bounds to carbon storage in Douglas-fir-dominated forests. However, total aboveground carbon stocks in excess of 700 Mg ha(-1) in individual mature stands in our dataset implies that, under certain conditions, forest biomass approaches its maximum by the close of the mature phase of stand development in Douglas-fir-dominated forests.


英文关键词Mature Carbon storage Management Stand development Douglas-fir Thinning Retention harvest
领域气候变化
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000455068700074
WOS关键词COARSE WOODY DEBRIS ; DOUGLAS-FIR FORESTS ; OLD-GROWTH FORESTS ; ABIES L. KARST. ; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT ; PACIFIC-NORTHWEST ; HEMLOCK FORESTS ; TROPICAL FOREST ; BIOMASS ; PATTERNS
WOS类目Forestry
WOS研究方向Forestry
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条目标识符http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/22981
专题气候变化
作者单位Oregon State Univ, Dept Forest Engn Resources & Management, 280 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
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Williams, Neil G.,Powers, Matthew D.. Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2019,432:761-775.
APA Williams, Neil G.,&Powers, Matthew D..(2019).Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,432,761-775.
MLA Williams, Neil G.,et al."Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 432(2019):761-775.
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