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标题：Biomass and Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Under Cedrus deodara Forests in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh
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作者：Manoj Thakur ; R. K. Verma
期刊名称：Nature, Environment and Pollution Technology
印刷版ISSN：0972-6268
出版年度：2019
卷号：18
期号：3
页码：879-887
语种：English
出版社：Technoscience Publications
摘要：The estimation of carbon sequestration in forest ecosystem is necessary to plan for mitigating the impacts of climate change. The present study was conducted in the Cedrus deodara (CD) forests of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh to estimate the biomass and soil organic carbon stock at various sites of the study area. Overall, 18 plots of 0.1 ha were laid at six sites randomly in the year 2014-15. In CD forest, the mean stem density was 354 trees/ha and the mean basal area and mean volume were 62.28 m2/ha and 719.71 m3/ha respectively. The mean carbon stock for tree aboveground, tree belowground, understorey and litter were 189.93 ton/ha, 37.99 ton/ha, 1.71 ton/ha and 0.72 ton/ha respectively. The soil organic carbon percentages varied from 1.98-2.83%, 1.72-2.11% and 1.56-1.74% at soil depth of 0-15cm, 15-30cm and 30-45cm respectively, and the soil organic carbon stocks ranged from 24.41-32.22 ton/ha, 21.59-29.03 ton/ha and 19.17-26.78 ton/ha at soil depths of 0-15cm, 15-30cm and 30-45cm respectively. The total mean soil organic carbon (SOC) stock up to a depth of 0-45cm was found to be 76.16 ton/ha. The organic carbon percentage showed a decreasing trend with increasing soil depth.
关键词：Biomass;Soil organic carbon;Cedrus deodara forests;Carbon sequestration;Forest ecosystem