Assessment of Above- and Below-Ground Carbon Pools in a Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest Ecosystem of Bhopal, India

IF 1.6 Q3 URBAN STUDIES
S. Karmakar, B. Pradhan, A. Bhardwaj, B. Pavan, Rishabh Chaturvedi, P. Chaudhry
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This study estimated 18.35 Mg C/ha in standing biomass of natural forest and 15 Mg C/ha in Hardwickia binata Roxb. plantation in a tropical dry deciduous forest located in the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. The study area of Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, resembled a degraded dry scrubland in 1988 and for over about three decades, the degraded forest recovered remarkably, and ecological processes evolved favorably with canopy cover reaching over 60% in some patches and about 50% in general at most part of the campus. The study was conducted in 18 randomly laid plots in natural forest and over one-acre (0.405-ha) plantation area of Hardwickia binata for assessing the above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass and subsequent carbon content. The lower-diameter classes accounted for the maximum above-ground biomass, basal area and tree density. The forest is predominantly occupied by Leucaena leucocephala, an exotic tree species which showed higher standing biomass carbon storage of 3.79 Mg C/ha followed by Holoptelea integrifolia (2.11 Mg C/ha), Azadirachta indica (1.29 Mg C/ha), Gardenia latifolia (1.26 Mg C/ha) and Lannea coromandelica (1.24 Mg C/ha) besides Hardwickia binata plantation (15 Mg C/ha). It is recommended to plant and promote local native tree species in the urban forests of tropical dry deciduous nature as a means to mitigate climate change effects.
印度博帕尔热带干燥落叶林生态系统地上和地下碳库的评估
本研究估计天然林现存生物量为18.35 Mg C/ha,Hardwickia binata Roxb为15 Mg C/ha。位于中央邦首府的热带干燥落叶林中的种植园。1988年,位于博帕尔的印度森林管理研究所(IIFM)的研究区域类似于一片退化的干燥灌木丛,在大约三十多年的时间里,退化的森林得到了显著的恢复,生态过程也得到了良好的发展,一些地区的树冠覆盖率达到60%以上,校园大部分地区的总体覆盖率达到50%左右。这项研究在天然林中随机铺设的18个地块和超过一英亩(0.405公顷)的Hardwickia binata种植区进行,以评估地上生物量、地下生物量和随后的碳含量。直径较小的类别占了最大的地上生物量、基底面积和树木密度。该森林主要由银合欢占据,银合欢是一种外来树种,其生物量碳储量较高,为3.79 Mg C/ha,其次是全叶冬青(2.11 Mg C/公顷)、印楝(1.29 Mg C/ha)、宽叶栀子(1.26 Mg C/ha)和香兰(1.24 Mg C/ha)。建议在热带干燥落叶性质的城市森林中种植和推广当地本土树种,以减轻气候变化的影响。
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