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Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia

Forest plays a vital role in controlling the capacity of atmosphere CO2. Known as a ‘carbon sinker’, they manage to capture carbon and store them as biomass. Tropical forest ecosystem is believed to comprise a large number of carbon (C) compared to other natural ecosystem where the majority of C sto...

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Main Authors: Abdul Majid, Syafinie, Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
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Language:English
Published: Zes Rokman Resources 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55613/1/Aboveground%20biomass%20and%20carbon%20stock%20estimation%20in%20logged-over%20lowland%20tropical%20forest%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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http://ijafp.com/index.php/issue/international-journal-of-agriculture-forestry-and-plantation-volume-1-september-2015/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.556132017-06-07T04:41:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55613/ Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia Abdul Majid, Syafinie Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin Forest plays a vital role in controlling the capacity of atmosphere CO2. Known as a ‘carbon sinker’, they manage to capture carbon and store them as biomass. Tropical forest ecosystem is believed to comprise a large number of carbon (C) compared to other natural ecosystem where the majority of C stored in the aboveground vegetation. Estimating carbon is a comprehensive approach to mitigate climate change. However, accurate information on aboveground carbon storage is still not enough. Lacking of standard conversion equation of the aboveground biomass (AGB) to carbon estimation in Malaysia contributes to the problem. Difficulties in the methodology plus the high density of plant species has made it tough to be executed. The study has taken place in a tropical lowland forest which is Bubu Forest Reserve (FR). Summarized inventory data were used with a modified equation to estimate total AGB and carbon stock. All selected tree were harvested and samples from different component (main stem, branches, twigs, leaves) were taken for further analysis. As a result, two allometric equation were formulated for two different groups based on the wood density from the sampled tree which is high wood density class (AGB= 0.05633 x DBH2.75756) and medium wood density class (AGB= 0.00023 x DBH3.75745). Carbon density of most trees sampled in this area was between 45% and 47%. The total aboveground biomass and carbon stock for Bubu FR are 501.74 t ha-1 and 225.55 t C ha-1. In this study, allometric equation with wood specific gravity as a predictor variable can yielded more accurate predictions, even when based on lower sample size than the equation that didn’t include wood specific gravity. Zes Rokman Resources 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55613/1/Aboveground%20biomass%20and%20carbon%20stock%20estimation%20in%20logged-over%20lowland%20tropical%20forest%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Abdul Majid, Syafinie and Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin (2015) Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia. International Journal of Agricultural, Forestry & Plantation, 1. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2462-1757 http://ijafp.com/index.php/issue/international-journal-of-agriculture-forestry-and-plantation-volume-1-september-2015/
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description Forest plays a vital role in controlling the capacity of atmosphere CO2. Known as a ‘carbon sinker’, they manage to capture carbon and store them as biomass. Tropical forest ecosystem is believed to comprise a large number of carbon (C) compared to other natural ecosystem where the majority of C stored in the aboveground vegetation. Estimating carbon is a comprehensive approach to mitigate climate change. However, accurate information on aboveground carbon storage is still not enough. Lacking of standard conversion equation of the aboveground biomass (AGB) to carbon estimation in Malaysia contributes to the problem. Difficulties in the methodology plus the high density of plant species has made it tough to be executed. The study has taken place in a tropical lowland forest which is Bubu Forest Reserve (FR). Summarized inventory data were used with a modified equation to estimate total AGB and carbon stock. All selected tree were harvested and samples from different component (main stem, branches, twigs, leaves) were taken for further analysis. As a result, two allometric equation were formulated for two different groups based on the wood density from the sampled tree which is high wood density class (AGB= 0.05633 x DBH2.75756) and medium wood density class (AGB= 0.00023 x DBH3.75745). Carbon density of most trees sampled in this area was between 45% and 47%. The total aboveground biomass and carbon stock for Bubu FR are 501.74 t ha-1 and 225.55 t C ha-1. In this study, allometric equation with wood specific gravity as a predictor variable can yielded more accurate predictions, even when based on lower sample size than the equation that didn’t include wood specific gravity.
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author Abdul Majid, Syafinie
Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
spellingShingle Abdul Majid, Syafinie
Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia
author_facet Abdul Majid, Syafinie
Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
author_sort Abdul Majid, Syafinie
title Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia
title_short Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia
title_full Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia
title_fullStr Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in Malaysia
title_sort aboveground biomass and carbon stock estimation in logged-over lowland tropical forest in malaysia
publisher Zes Rokman Resources
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55613/1/Aboveground%20biomass%20and%20carbon%20stock%20estimation%20in%20logged-over%20lowland%20tropical%20forest%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55613/
http://ijafp.com/index.php/issue/international-journal-of-agriculture-forestry-and-plantation-volume-1-september-2015/
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