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Carbon storage as affected by different site preparation techniques two years after mixed forest stand installation
| dc.contributor.author | Fonseca, Felícia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Figueiredo, Tomás de | |
| dc.contributor.author | Martins, Afonso | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-23T16:26:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-02-23T16:26:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aim of study: This study aims at evaluating the impact of site preparation techniques prior to plantation on carbon storage and distribution in a young mixed stand of Pseudotsuga menziesii (PM) and Castanea sativa (CS). Area of study: The experimental field was established near Macedo de Cavaleiros, Northern Portugal, at 700 m elevation, mean annual temperature 12°C and mean annual rainfall 678 mm. Material and methods: The experimental layout includes three replicates, where the different treatments corresponding to different tillage intensities were randomly distributed (high, moderate and slight intensity), in plots with an area of 375 m2 each. Twenty six months after forest stand installation, samples of herbaceous vegetation (0.49 m2 quadrat), forest species (8 PM and 8 CS) and mineral soil (at 0-5, 5-15, 15-30 and 30-60 cm depth) were collected in 15 randomly selected points in each treatment, processed in laboratory and analyzed for carbon by elemental carbon analyzer. Main results: The results obtained showed that: (i) more than 90% of the total carbon stored in the system is located in the soil, increasing in depth with tillage intensity; (ii) the contribution of herbaceous vegetation and related roots to the carbon storage is very low; (iii) the amount of carbon per tree is higher in CS than in PM; (iv) the global carbon storage was affected by soil tillage generally decreasing with the increase of tillage intensity. Accordingly, carbon storage capacity as affected by the application of different site preparation techniques should be a decision support tool in afforestation schemes. | por |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Programme AGRO measure 8.1, project Agro-156, which funded this study, the Regional Forestry Services, which were responsible by the mechanical soil operations and Mr. João Xavier, the owner of the experimental area, for his agreement on the establishment of the experiment. | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fonseca, F.; Figueiredo, T.; Martins, A. (2014). Carbon storage as affected by different site preparation techniques two years after mixed forest stand installation. Forest Systems. ISSN 2171-5068. 23:1, p. 84-92 | por |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/fs/2014231-0423 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2171-5068 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/11677 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) | por |
| dc.subject | Site preparation | por |
| dc.subject | Forest species | por |
| dc.subject | Herbaceous vegetation | por |
| dc.subject | Carbon storage | por |
| dc.subject | Mineral soil | por |
| dc.subject | Portugal | por |
| dc.title | Carbon storage as affected by different site preparation techniques two years after mixed forest stand installation | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 92 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 84 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Forest Systems | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 23 (1) | por |
| person.familyName | Fonseca | |
| person.familyName | Figueiredo | |
| person.givenName | Felícia | |
| person.givenName | Tomás d'Aquino | |
| person.identifier | 1297327 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 961D-607D-51CC | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7727-071X | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7690-8996 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 36970960500 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 54790554500 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |
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