Effects of global atmospheric perturbations on forest ecosystems in the Northern Temperate Zone; Predictions of seasonal depressed-temperature kill mechanisms, biomass production, and wildfire soot emissions

1990 ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Tinus ◽  
David J. Roddy
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Production ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Temperate Zone ◽  
Soot Emissions ◽  
Atmospheric Perturbations

scholarly journals Problématique du bilan de carbone dans les écosystèmes forestiers: exemple d'une jeune hêtraie de plaine | Problematics of the Carbon Net-Balance Within the Forest Ecosystems: a Juvenile Beech Forest in the Lowlands

2000 ◽  
Vol 151 (9) ◽  
pp. 317-324
Author(s):  
André Granier ◽  
Claire Damesin ◽  
Daniel Epron ◽  
Valérie Le Dantec
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Production ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Photosynthetic Activity ◽  
Carbon Fluxes ◽  
Beech Forest ◽  
High Variability ◽  
Daily Cycles

The results of an investigation carried through within the ‹Euroflux›-programme in eastern France assessing the carbon fluxes above the canopy of the forest are presented. The photosynthetic activity within the annual and daily cycles are discussed. The high variability of the carbon netbalance and the variation of the total respiration make further research into the understanding of the correlation between the carbon net-balance and the biomass production necessary.

scholarly journals Disturbances and biodiversity in forest ecosystems: A temperate zone perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Bark Beetle ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Temperate Zone ◽  
Permanent Plots ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Natural Disturbances ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Biodiversity Protection

In the temperate zone windstorms and bark beetle attacks represent the main natural forest disturbances; in steep mountain areas snow avalanches also may “destroy” forest stands completely. In the densely populated and intensively used temperate zone of Europe affected forest stands will be cleared and reforested immediately after such “catastrophes”. Therefore we have only little knowledge about the influence of such natural disturbances on both the stand development and the biodiversity of native forest ecosystems. And we do not have quantitative data on to which degree forest management changes the biodiversity compared to the natural disturbances. Since about two decades several permanent plot studies have been running in European forests affected by such natural disturbances, mainly with focus on plant species. Here we first outline the importance of disturbances for biodiversity in forest ecosystems and then discuss whether it is possible to combine both biodiversity protection and forest management. For that we use four recent case studies carried out in the two oldest national parks in Germany, three of them being long-term observations on permanent plots for up to two decades. Disturbances like wind throw, bark beetle outbreak and snow avalanche strongly influences the tree layer structure, creating micro-habitats for many plant, animal and fungi species, which naturally belong to the forest ecosystem. Such disturbances in future should be included into management schemes in forestry to improve biodiversity. We found evidence that it is really possible to combine timber utilization with biodiversity protection. As long as the management impact is reduced (e.g. single tree harvesting, using natural regeneration), species diversity of several taxonomic groups (in our study: vascular plants, soil living Carabidae, and soil living fungi) may not be different significantly from a pristine forest. Interconnecting resource use with biodiversity protection will be a main task for both foresters and conservationist in the decades to come – and it seems to be a possible option for a sustainable land use in many parts of the world.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/botor.v8i0.5552 Botanica Orientalis – Journal of Plant Science (2011) 8: 1-9

Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Tropical Forest Biomass and Carbon Sequestration

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
R. Sagar ◽  
Vijay Pratap Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Production ◽  
Nutrient Availability ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
C:N Ratio ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
C Sequestration ◽  
N Deposition ◽  
N Addition ◽  
Mycorrhizal Association ◽  
Use Efficiency

Undoubtedly, nitrogen (N) is an essential component of proteins and nucleic acid of cells but in the last few decades it has undergone dramatic changes. Now move nitrogen has come into circulation and thus it has now become an environmental problem. Ndeposition is not always undesirable, in areas with N- limitation , N–deposition enhances the plant growth. Besides, it sequesters more CO into the plant biomass there by 2 lowering greenhouse gas emission into the atmosphere. Forest ecosystems all around the globe have experienced N- deposition and are becoming an important C-sink which has been shown in the table 1of this review article. The C-sink capacity of forest ecosystems have been determined using many approaches which are stochiometric scaling, dynamic global vegetation models and biomass weighting method. All these method used C:N response ratio as a predictor for future rate of C-sequestration in response to N- addition. Nutrient availability increases the production of biomass per unit of photosynthesis and decreases heterotrophic respiration in forests. Nutrient availability also determines net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and ecosystem carbon use efficiency (CUE). Biomass production was found higher in the nutrient rich forests, Increase in biomass production was more in woody biomass while foliage and root biomass production remain unchanged. Indeed, the potential of forest C-sink depends upon the partitioning of the carbon uptaken during photosynthesis. In terrestrial ecosystems, C –sequestration predominantly occur in forests ecosystems. Both C:N ratio and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) are crucial for determining C-sequestration in different forest types. C-sequestration in response to N-addition shows variation with kind of mycorrhizal association. N-deposition benefitted trees with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi rather than ectomycorrhizal fungi. Thus, after going thoroughly across number of research articles, we arrived at the conclusion that it is the C:N ratio, NUE, forest type, nutrient availability which determine the C sequestration by forest biomass.

Overwintering Ability and High-Yield Biomass Production of Erianthus arundinaceus in a Temperate Zone in Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisaya Matsunami ◽  
Makoto Kobayashi ◽  
Shin-ichi Tsuruta ◽  
Yoshifumi Terajima ◽  
Hiroko Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Production ◽  
Temperate Zone ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Erianthus Arundinaceus
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