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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.002
	Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon
	Williams N.G.; Powers M.D.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0378-1127
起始页码	761
结束页码	775
卷号	432
英文摘要	Mature stands, mid-successional communities in which large live trees are the dominant structural feature, are a major component of forested landscapes across North America. Despite this prominence at regional scales, mature stands have rarely been the focus of research on forest carbon dynamics. We utilized an observational study design to (i) examine the medium-term impact of active management on carbon storage in live and dead vegetation in mature Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco)–dominated stands in western Oregon, and (ii) provide baseline estimates of total non-soil carbon storage during the mature phase of stand development for this forest type. Stands aged 106–193 years at the time of sampling were selected to represent a gradient in harvest intensity, from passive (reserve-based) management, to low-intensity (commercial thinning) and high-intensity (regeneration harvest with structural retention) active management. Active management treatments were implemented following the onset of maturity in stands with no prior management history, and sampling was conducted an average of 38 years and 22 years following treatment (mean for thinned and retention harvest conditions, respectively). Total non-soil carbon storage was significantly greater in stands managed using a reserve-based approach (mean of 575 Mg C ha−1) than those subject to retention harvest (mean 257 Mg C ha−1) 17 to –34 years previously, but was not different from stands managed over extended rotations with commercial thinning (mean 546 Mg C ha−1). A similar trend was evident for carbon storage in live overstory trees, which were also the dominant component of total non-soil carbon in all management conditions. Dead wood pools varied greatly among stands, but estimates did not indicate any systematic differences in carbon storage in dead wood between management conditions. Our results suggest that shifting from passive management to a high-intensity harvest regime in mature Douglas-fir stands will entail substantial reductions in carbon storage. By contrast, managing stands over extended rotations with light thinning may enable the provision of wood products while maintaining relatively high carbon storage in the forest ecosystem. In absolute terms, mean carbon storage across our full sample of unmanaged, low-intensity and high-intensity harvest conditions exceeded previously reported values from inventories of mature plots across a similarly broad range of site conditions, but remains below the potential upper bounds to carbon storage in Douglas-fir-dominated forests. However, total aboveground carbon stocks in excess of 700 Mg ha−1 in individual mature stands in our dataset implies that, under certain conditions, forest biomass approaches its maximum by the close of the mature phase of stand development in Douglas-fir-dominated forests. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Carbon storage; Douglas-fir; Management; Mature; Retention harvest; Stand development; Thinning
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Ecosystems; Harvesting; Management; Reforestation; Soils; Carbon storage; Douglas fir; Mature; Stand development; Thinning; Storage management; carbon sequestration; community structure; coniferous forest; dead wood; deciduous forest; dominance; forest management; harvesting; management practice; overstory; sampling; stand structure; succession; thinning; vegetation dynamics; Ecosystems; Harvesting; Management; Pseudotsuga; Reforestation; Thinning; Oregon; United States; Pseudotsuga; Pseudotsuga menziesii
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/156341
作者单位	Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, 280 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Williams N.G.,Powers M.D.. Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon[J],2019,432.
APA	Williams N.G.,&Powers M.D..(2019).Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon.Forest Ecology and Management,432.
MLA	Williams N.G.,et al."Carbon storage implications of active management in mature Pseudotsuga menziesii forests of western Oregon".Forest Ecology and Management 432(2019).