JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2012, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (05): 155-160.doi: 10.3969/j.jssn.1000-2006.2012.05.030

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A review on the estimation methods of carbon pools of forest ecosystems

LU Qiuling1,2, WANG Guobing2, YANG Ping1, ZHENG Abao3, RUAN Honghua2*   

  1. 1.Northwest Institute of Forest Inventory, Planning and Design, SFA, Xian 710048, China;
    2.Jiangsu Key Lab of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; 
    3.Jiangsu Forestry Administration, Nanjing 210036,China
  • Online:2012-09-30 Published:2012-09-30

Abstract: Forest plays an important role in reducing the carbon dioxide concentration in atmosphere and slowing the trendency of global warming. Therefore, estimating the carbon storage of forest ecosystems has been a hot pot in ecological research field. However, the results of estimation varied greatly obtained from different testimation methods. We reviewed the estimation methods of carbon pools of forest ecosystems such as woods, shrubs and herbs, litters, coarse woody debris, soil and wood product pools etc, and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the different method so as to provide a basis for precisely determining the carbon storage of forest ecosystems.

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