Short-term effect of thinning on carbon storage in soil, forest floor and coarse woody debris of Quercus spp. Stand in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do, Korea
- Authors
- Yang, A.-R.; Noh, N.J.; Lee, S.K.; Yoon, T.K.; Kim, C.; Bae, S.-W.; Hwang, J.; Lee, S.-T.; Kim, H.-S.; Son, Y.
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Keywords
- Belowground; Carbon storage; Forest management; Oak
- Citation
- Forest Science and Technology, v.7, no.4, pp.168 - 173
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
OTHER
- Journal Title
- Forest Science and Technology
- Volume
- 7
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 168
- End Page
- 173
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/114635
- DOI
- 10.1080/21580103.2011.621383
- ISSN
- 2158-0103
- Abstract
- This study was conducted to investigate the short-term effect of thinning on the carbon (C) storage of soil, forest floor and coarse woody debris (CWD) in a Quercus spp. stand in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do, Korea. Thinning was conducted in March 2010 with different thinning intensities based on the removed volume in each plot: no thinning (control, 0%), light thinning (L, 15%), moderate thinning (M, 20%), and heavy thinning (H, 35%). We measured the C storage at four different depths ranging from 0-50 cm, on the forest floor and in CWD four months after thinning in July 2010. The total C storage (Mg C ha71) in soil, forest floor and CWD of L was significantly lower than that of the three other plots at an early stage of thinning: 38.5 for control, 31.1 for L, 40.6 for M and 45.8 for H. Further long-term monitoring will be needed to observe the total C storage in soil, forest floor and CWD in this study stand because the total C storage with different thinning intensities might vary temporally. © 2011 Korean Forest Society.
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