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This research estimates carbon sink and allocation in above- and below-ground biomass of a 12-year-old willow coppice plantation on fluvisol soil near the Vistula River (southern Poland). The plantation showed high C sink potential and sequestration rates. C sequestration by above-ground biomass was estimated at 10.8 Mg C ha−1 a−1. Accumulation in coarse roots was estimated at 1.5 Mg C ha−1 a−1 and in fine roots at 1.2 Mg C ha−1 a−1. Total C sequestered (above-ground biomass, coarse roots and fine roots) was estimated at 13.5 Mg C ha−1 a−1. These results confirm the potential of fast-growing plantations of willow to mitigate, over a short time span, the effects of high CO2 concentrations.
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This study was conducted within the framework of the research project No. PBS2/A8/26/2014, “The development of new technology and the functional model of a machine for reclamation of fields after cultivation of willow”. The project is being implemented by a scientific and industrial consortium from the University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry (Department of Forest Work Mechanisation and Department of Forest Ecology and Reclamation), Faculty of Production and Power Engineering (Institute of Machinery Management, Ergonomics and Production Processes, Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics); Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Poznań, Research Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering, Team for the Research and Development of Devices for the Acquisition of Renewable Energy of Farm and Warehouse Work, Multibranch Company PROMAR Ltd. in Poznan.
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Pietrzykowski, M., Woś, B., Tylek, P. et al. Carbon sink potential and allocation in above- and below-ground biomass in willow coppice. J. For. Res. 32, 349–354 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-019-01089-3
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