RT Journal Article
T1 Above- and below-ground carbon accumulation and biomass allocation in poplar short rotation plantations under Mediterranean conditions
A1 Oliveira Rodríguez, Nerea de
A1 Rodríguez Soalleiro, Roque
A1 Pérez Cruzado, César
A1 Cañellas Rey de Viñas, Isabel
A1 Sixto Blanco, Hortensia
A1 Ceulemans, Reinhart J.
K1 Root biomass
K1 Below-ground allometry models
K1 Populus spp.
K1 Root:shoot ratio
K1 Short Rotation Coppice (SRC)
AB Beside the production of biomass, short rotation coppice (SRC) poplar plantations can also contribute to carbon sequestration in the soil through their below-ground biomass. The present study evaluated the allocation of above and below-ground biomass at the end of the first rotation of four SRC plantations under Mediterranean conditions. The genotypes evaluated are commonly used for biomass plantations, i.e. genotypes ‘AF2’ and ‘I-214’ (Populus × canadensis Mönch), and ‘Monviso’ (P. × generosa Henry × P. nigra L.). No significant differences among genotypes were found with regard to below-ground biomass yield. The root:shoot ratio decreased in line with the growth in shoot basal diameter, with values ranging from 0.15 to 0.26. The accumulation of carbon in the below-ground fraction of the biomass ranged from 0.86 to 0.91 Mg C ha−1 yr−1, whereas the above-ground carbon accumulation ranged from 3.89 to 6.48 Mg C ha−1 yr−1. A general as well as a genotype-specific allometric model allowed to accurately predict the below-ground biomass yield using shoot basal diameter as the predictor variable. Both models provide an important tool to quantify the carbon accumulated in the below-ground fraction of the biomass.
PB Elsevier
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/41065
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/41065
LA eng
NO Oliveira Rodríguez, N., Rodríguez Soalleiro, R., Pérez Cruzado, C., Cañellas Rey de Viñas, I., Sixto Blanco, H. & Ceulemans, R.J. (2018). Above- and below-ground carbon accumulation and biomass allocation in poplar short rotation plantations under Mediterranean conditions. Forest Ecology and Management, 428, 57–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.06.031
NO This is the author’s version of the work. The definitive version was published in Forest ecology and management, vol. 428 (2018), available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.06.031
NO This research was funded by MINECO (Spain) through the RTA2014-00007-C03-01 and the FPI-SGIT-2015-04 and JdCI-2014-20614 fellowships. We thank A. Bachiller, E. Viscasillas, A. Parras and P. de la Iglesia for their technical support. We are also grateful to Adam Collins for his English language review of the manuscript and to S. Vanbeveren for useful discussions.
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