Carbon stocks and changes of dead organic matter in China's forests

Jianxiao Zhu; Huifeng Hu; Shengli Tao; Xiulian Chi; Peng Li; Lai Jiang; Chengjun Ji; Jiangling Zhu; Zhiyao Tang; Yude Pan; Richard A. Birdsey; Xinhua He; Jingyun Fang

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00207-1

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Carbon stocks and changes of dead organic matter in China's forests

Jianxiao Zhu,
Huifeng Hu,
Shengli Tao,
Xiulian Chi,
Peng Li,
Lai Jiang,
Chengjun Ji,
Jiangling Zhu,
Zhiyao Tang,
Yude Pan,
Richard A. Birdsey,
Xinhua He,
Jingyun Fang

Affiliations

Jianxiao Zhu: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Huifeng Hu: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shengli Tao: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Xiulian Chi: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Peng Li: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Lai Jiang: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Chengjun Ji: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Jiangling Zhu: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Zhiyao Tang: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University
Yude Pan: US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Richard A. Birdsey: Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth
Xinhua He: Centre of Excellence for Soil Biology, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University
Jingyun Fang: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00207-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Reliable estimates of the total forest carbon (C) pool are lacking due to insufficient information on dead organic matter (DOM). Here, the authors estimate that the current DOM C stock in China is 925 ± 54 Tg and that it grew by 6.7 ± 2.2 Tg C/yr over the past two decades primarily due to increasing forest area

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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