Journal
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
Volume 70, Issue 5, Pages 515-524Publisher
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0285-9
Keywords
Allometric models; Biomass quantification; Carbon inventories; Chaco; Dimensional relationships; Shrub
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- FONCyT
- CONICET
- Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
- DiverSus programme through Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) CRN and SGP-CRA
- US National Science Foundation [GEO-0452325, GEO-1138881]
- Fundacion Bunge y Born
- Directorate For Geosciences [1138881] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The quantification of biomass of woody plants is at the basis of calculations of forest biomass and carbon stocks. Although there are well-developed allometric models for trees, they do not apply well to shrubs, and shrub-specific allometric models are scarce. There is therefore a need for a standardized methodology to quantify biomass and carbon stocks in open forests and woodlands. To develop species-specific biomass estimation models for common shrubs, as well as a multispecies shrub model, for the subtropical semiarid Chaco forest of central Argentina. Eight shrub species (Acacia aroma, Acacia gilliesii, Aloysia gratissima, Capparis atamisquea, Celtis ehrenbergiana, Larrea divaricata, Mimozyganthus carinatus, and Moya spinosa) were selected, and, on average, 30 individuals per species were harvested. Their total individual dry biomass was related with morphometric variables using regression analysis. Crown area as well as crown-shaped variables proved to be the variables with the best performance for both species-specific and multispecies shrub models. These allometric variables are thus recommended for standardized shrub biomass assessments. By accounting for the shrub component of the vegetation, our models provide a way to improve the quantification of biomass and carbon in semiarid open forest and woodlands.
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