Current carbon storage in forests of two ecoregions of Russia
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2021.237.75-96
Abstract
Due to the global warming of the climate, the assessment of the carbon cycle in forest ecosystems has become particularly important. One method for determining deposited carbon is based on the use of biomass expansion factors (BEF) and State Forest Inventory (SFI) data. By combining BEF models with SFI data in two ecoregions of Russia – taiga and forest-steppe – it was found that over a 20–25-year period, accumulating the carbon deposition in the taiga zone is significantly less (5%) compared to the forest-steppe zone (39%). Despite the existing risks of natural disasters in the forest-steppe ecotone, there is a significant increase in carbon deposition over a quarter of a century. This was due to the high proportion of young stands at the beginning of the analyzed period, which have increased growth in relation to old stands. Comparable results were obtained by the same method in different ecoregions of the planet (from 8% in 5 years in China to 68% in 50 years in Japan). A comparison of the results obtained by the proposed method and the IIASA (Austria) method showed a minimal discrepancy (3%), which gives reason to consider the above estimates of carbon deposition close to reality. However, uncertainties remain related to the quality of the SFI data and the carbon deposition in the soil.
About the Authors
V. А. Usoltsev
Ural State Forest Engineering University; Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
USOLTSEV Vladimir A. – DSc (Agriculture), professor of the Department of Forestry; chief researcher at the Botanical Garden
620100. Sibirskiy Trakt. 37. Yekaterinburg
V. F. Kovyazin
Saint-Petersburg Mining University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
KOVIAZIN Vasiliy F. – DSc (Biology), Рrofessor
199106. 21 line V.O. 2. St. Petersburg
I. S. Tsepordey
Ural Branch of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
TSEPORDEY Ivan S. – PhD (Agriculture), scientist at Botanical Garden
620144. 8 Marta str. 202a. Yekaterinburg
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Usoltsev V.А., Kovyazin V.F., Tsepordey I.S. Current carbon storage in forests of two ecoregions of Russia. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2021;(237):75-96. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2021.237.75-96
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