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Spatial Distribution and Temporal Change of Carbon Storage in Timber Biomass of Two Different Forest Management Units

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Forests make up large ecosystems and can play an important role in mitigating the emissions of CO2, the most important greenhouse gas. However, they are sources of atmospheric carbon when they are disturbed by human or natural causes. Storage of carbon through expansion and adaptive management of forest ecosystems can assist in reducing carbon concentrations in atmosphere. This study proposes a methodology to produce spatially explicit estimates of the carbon storages (aboveground plus belowground) depending on land use/cover changes in two different forest ecosystems during various periods. Carbon storages for each forest ecosystem were projected according to inventory data, and carbon storages were mapped in a geographic information system (GIS). Results showed that total carbon stored in above and belowground of both forest ecosystems increased from one period to other because of especially increase of productive forest areas and decline of degraded forest areas as well as protection of spruce forests subject to insect attacks.

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  1. Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey

    Fatih Sivrikaya & Sedat Keleş

  2. Düzce Forestry Faculty, Abant İzzet Baysal University, 81620, Düzce, Turkey

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Sivrikaya, F., Keleş, S. & Çakir, G. Spatial Distribution and Temporal Change of Carbon Storage in Timber Biomass of Two Different Forest Management Units. Environ Monit Assess 132, 429–438 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-9545-6

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