Carbon Sequestration Characteristics of Typical Sand-Fixing Plantations in the Shiyang River Basin of Northwest China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- To estimate and analyze the carbon storage of six typical sand-fixing plantation ecosystems in comparison with zonal vegetation in the desert steppe.
- To evaluate how plantation management impacts carbon storage and sequestration capacity.
- To provide suggestions for optimizing plantation management in the study area.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area Description
2.2. Sampling Plot
2.3. Vegetation Survey and Biomass Carbon Storage Measurement
2.4. Soil Sampling and Organic Carbon Storage Measurement
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The BC Storage and Sink in Different Sand-Fixing Plantations
3.2. The SOC Storage and Sink in Different Sand-Fixing Plantations
3.3. TC Storage and Sink in the Different Sand-Fixing Plantations
3.4. Effects of Management Measures on BC and SOC Storage in the Typical Sand-Fixing Plantations
3.5. Effects of Plantation Age on BC and SOC Storage in Sand-Fixing Plantations
4. Discussion
4.1. The Comparisons of Carbon Storage Capacity with Other Sand-Fixing Plantations
4.2. Main Factors on Carbon Storage and Sink of Sand-Fixing Plantations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Plantation Types | Plantation Age/a | Above-Ground Biomass/ Mg C ha−1 | Below-Ground Biomass/ Mg C ha−1 | Litters/ Mg C ha−1 | Total/ Mg C ha−1 |
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ammodendron | 25 | 4.9 ± 2.3 b | 3.6 ± 1.6 b | 0.19 ± 0.1 a | 8.69 ± 4 b |
korshinskii | 25 | 7.0 ± 3.0 b | 4.8 ± 1.8 b | 0.2 ± 0.1 a | 12.0 ± 5.7 b |
ramosissima | 25 | 20.6 ± 7.6 a | 16.2 ± 3.9 a | 0 | 36.8 ± 1.1 a |
mongolicum | 25 | 0.8 ± 0.5 d | 0.6 ± 0.3 d | 0.07 ± 0.05 a | 1.5 ± 0.8 c |
desertorum | 25 | 0.4 ± 0.04 d | 0.3 ± 0.1 d | 0 | 0.7 ± 0.1 d |
H. scoparium | 25 | 0.7 ± 0.07 cd | 0.5 ± 0.4 cd | 0.2 ± 0.1 a | 1.4 ± 0.9 cd |
Stable natural N. tangutorum | — | 2.7 ± 0.7 c | 4.7 ± 1.3 b | 0 | 7.4 ± 2.1 c |
Mobile sand dune (Control) | — | 0.02 ± 0.00 d | 0.01 ± 0.0 d | 0 | 0.03 ± 0.01 d |
Inter-dune land (Control) | — | 0.09 ± 0.01 d | 0.03 ± 0.0 d | 0 | 0.12 ± 0.01 d |
Sand-covered salinized land (Control) | — | 0.07 ± 0.01 d | 0.02 ± 0.0 d | 0 | 0.09 ± 0.04 d |
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Ma, Q.; Wang, X.; Chen, F.; Wei, L.; Zhang, D.; Jin, H. Carbon Sequestration Characteristics of Typical Sand-Fixing Plantations in the Shiyang River Basin of Northwest China. Forests 2024, 15, 1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091548
Ma Q, Wang X, Chen F, Wei L, Zhang D, Jin H. Carbon Sequestration Characteristics of Typical Sand-Fixing Plantations in the Shiyang River Basin of Northwest China. Forests. 2024; 15(9):1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091548
Chicago/Turabian StyleMa, Quanlin, Xinyou Wang, Fang Chen, Linyuan Wei, Dekui Zhang, and Hujia Jin. 2024. "Carbon Sequestration Characteristics of Typical Sand-Fixing Plantations in the Shiyang River Basin of Northwest China" Forests 15, no. 9: 1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091548