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Carbon stock of trees along an elevational gradient in temperate forests of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary

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The estimation of carbon density of high altitude forests was carried out at five different sites along an elevational gradient from 1550 m to 3550 m in a part of Kedamath Wildlife Sanctuary,which is one of the largest protected areas of the Garhwal Himalaya,India.Among the study sites the above ground biomass density (AGBD) ranged from 202.72 Mg·ha-1 (Site 5) to 718.75 Mg·ha-1 (Site 1) and below ground biomass density (BGBD) from 61.00 Mg·ha-1 (Site 5) to 203.04 Mg·ha-1 (Site 1).The total biomass density (TBD) also followed similar trend,where the lowest value (263.73 Mg·ha-1) was observed at Site 5 and the highest (921.79 Mg·ha-1) at Site 1.The total carbon density (TCD) ranged from 131.86 Mg·ha-1 (Site 5) to 460.89 Mg·ha-1 (Site 1),which indicates that the carbon density of forests reduces with increasing elevation.

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Jahangeer A.BHAT、Kaiser IQBAL、Munesh KUMAR、A.K.NEGI、N.P.TODARIA

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Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, H.N.B.Garhwal University, Srinagar(Garhwal), Uttarakhand 249161,India

2013

森林生态系统(英文版)
北京林业大学

森林生态系统(英文版)

影响因子:0.09
ISSN:2095-6355
年,卷(期):2013.15(2)
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