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Provedor de dados: | 36
País: | Brazil
Título: | Biomass equations for forest regrowth in the eastern Amazon using randomized branch sampling
Autores: | Ducey,Mark Jonathan; Zarin,Daniel Jacob; Vasconcelos,Steel Silva; Araújo,Maristela Machado.
Data: | 2009-01-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Allometry; Allometric equations; Secondary growth; Tropical forest.
Resumo: | Forest regrowth occupies an extensive and increasing area in the Amazon basin, but accurate assessment of the impact of regrowth on carbon and nutrient cycles has been hampered by a paucity of available allometric equations. We develop pooled and species-specific equations for total aboveground biomass for a study site in the eastern Amazon that had been abandoned for 15 years. Field work was conducted using randomized branch sampling, a rapid technique that has seen little use in tropical forests. High consistency of sample paths in randomized branch sampling, as measured by the standard error of individual paths (14%), suggests the method may provide substantial efficiencies when compared to traditional procedures. The best fitting equations in this study used the traditional form Y=a×DBHb, where Y is biomass, DBH is diameter at breast height, and a and b are both species-specific parameters. Species-specific equations of the form Y=a(BA×H), where Y is biomass, BA is tree basal area, H is tree height, and a is a species-specific parameter, fit almost as well. Comparison with previously published equations indicated errors from -33% to +29% would have occurred using off-site relationships. We also present equations for stemwood, twigs, and foliage as biomass components.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672009000200013
Editor: | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0044-59672009000200013
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Acta Amazonica  v.39 n.2 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess