Carbon storage in the grasslands of China based on field measurements of above- and below-ground biomass

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	Carbon storage in the grasslands of China based on field measurements of above- and below-ground biomass
	Yu Guirui
	2008
关键词	Carbon Environmental impact Fruits Vegetation
英文摘要	Above- and below-ground biomass values for 17 types of grassland communities in China as classified by the Chinese Grasslands Resources Survey were obtained from systematic replicated sampling at 78 sites and from published records from 146 sites. Most of the systematic samples were along a 5,000-km-long transect from Hailar, Inner Mongolia (49°15′N, 119°15′E), to Pulan, Tibet (30°15′N, 81°10′E). Above-ground biomass was separated into stem, leaf, flower and fruit, standing dead matter, and litter. Below-ground biomass was measured in 10-cm soil layers to a depth of 30 cm for herbs and to 50 cm for woody plants. Grassland type mean total biomass carbon densities ranged from 2.400 kg m^-2 for swamp to 0.149 kg m^-2 for alpine desert grasslands. Ratios of below- to above-ground carbon density varied widely from 0.99 for tropical tussock grassland to 52.28 for alpine meadow. Most below-ground biomass was in the 0-10 cm soil depth layer and there were large differences between grassland types in the proportions of living and dead matter and stem and leaf. Differences between grassland types in the amount and allocation of biomass showed patterns related to environments, especially aridity gradients. Comparisons of our estimates with other studies indicated that above-ground biomass, particularly forage-yield biomass, is a poor predictor of total vegetation carbon density. Our estimate for total carbon storage in the biomass of the grasslands of China was 3.32 Pg C, with 56.4% contained in the grasslands of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau and 17.9% in the northern temperate grasslands. The need for further standardized and systematic measurements of vegetation biomass to validate global carbon cycles is emphasised. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
出处	Climatic Change
卷	86 期:3-4 页:375-396
收录类别	EI
语种	英语
内容类型	EI期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/24948]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献地理科学与资源研究所_生态系统研究网络观测与模拟重点实验室_CERN水分分中心
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yu Guirui. Carbon storage in the grasslands of China based on field measurements of above- and below-ground biomass. 2008.