Do the rubber plantations in tropical China act as large carbon sinks?

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry

Sun X-M¹  Yu G-R¹  Song Q-H²  Zhao W²  Liang N-S²  Zhang X²  Zhang Y-P²  Deng X-B²  Sha L-Q²  Zhao J-B²  Tan Z-H²  Zhou W-J²  Zhao J-F²  Deng Y² 

[1] Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, RC-100101 Beijing (China);Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, RC-666303 Menglun (China);

关键词: Carbon Sink;    Eddy Flux;    Biometric Method;    Neutral Atmospheric Condition;   

DOI  :  10.3832/ifor0891-007

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The regrowth of tropical secondary forests and plantations can not offset the carbon release caused by tropical deforestation, consequently determining net carbon losses on tropical lands. However, large uncertainties remain in relation to this assumption. Here, we used a biometric method to estimate the net dry matter production and net ecosystem production in a rubber forest, the most widespread plantation type in tropical Southeast Asia. According to biometric estimates made during the study, the ecosystem was a carbon sink (790 gC m-2 yr-1). Net ecosystem carbon fluxes were measured by the eddy covariance method. The carbon budget estimated using the FluxNet procedure (904 gC m-2 yr-1) was closer to the biometric estimates in comparison to a method based on data measured during neutral atmospheric conditions. Overall, when considering the whole life cycle, including deforestation of the prior-existing tropical forest, the hypothesis of plantations serving as large carbon sinks is not supported by our study.

【 授权许可】

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