Journal article
Carbon stocks in temperate forests of south-eastern Australia reflect large tree distribution and edaphic conditions
M Fedrigo, S Kasel, LT Bennett, SH Roxburgh, CR Nitschke
Forest Ecology and Management | Published : 2014
Abstract
Reducing uncertainty in forest carbon estimates at local and regional scales has become increasingly important due to the centrality of the terrestrial carbon cycle in issues of climate change. Despite relatively limited geographical extent, temperate forests are among the most carbon dense forests in the world. Estimates of carbon in key understorey life forms and belowground components of these forests have often been excluded from previous studies in south-eastern Australia. We estimated above- and belowground carbon stocks (including soil to 0.3m depth) in stands of cool temperate rainforest ('rainforest'), wet sclerophyll forest ('eucalypt forest'), and mixed rainforest-wet sclerophyll ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was undertaken with approval by the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) under research permit numbers 10006440 and 10006691. The work was funded by the CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship program as well as the Victorian DEPI iFER (Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research) program. We would like to thank those who contributed to data collection and processing, including B. Smith, J. Najera, S.B. Stewart, L Parker, B. Minnis, G. Sanders, H. Vickers, T. Fairman, M. Chick, and D. Navarrete. We would also like to acknowledge S.B. Stewart and C. Aponte for further advice and input, and the constructive comments from two anonymous reviewers.