Table 3 Deadwood (DW), litter (L) and carbon fraction (NCF) values used to estimate carbon stock in necromass of forest plantations in Brazil, and source references
From: Dynamics of carbon and CO2 removals by Brazilian forest plantations during 1990–2016
Age (years) | Necromass (t ha−1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eucalyptus | Pinus | T. grandis | A. mearnsii | |||||
Deadwood | Litter | Deadwood | Litter | Deadwood | Litter | Deadwood | Litter | |
1 | 0.29 | 1.10 | 1.84 | 6.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 1.91 |
2 | 0.62 | 2.37 | 2.03 | 7.04 | 0.05 | 1.11 | 0.15 | 3.82 |
3 | 0.95 | 3.63 | 2.22 | 7.70 | 0.12 | 2.84 | 0.22 | 5.73 |
4 | 1.28 | 4.90 | 2.41 | 8.36 | 0.19 | 4.57 | 0.29 | 7.65 |
5 | 1.61 | 6.16 | 2.60 | 9.02 | 0.27 | 6.30 | 0.40 | 10.31 |
6 | 1.94 | 7.43 | 2.79 | 9.69 | 0.34 | 8.03 | 0.50 | 12.97 |
7 | 4.11 | 6.85 | 2.98 | 10.35 | 0.41 | 9.76 | 0.73 | 18.87 |
> 7 | 5.73 | 10.01 | – | – | – | – | 0.78 | 20.35 |
8 | – | – | 3.17 | 11.01 | 0.49 | 11.48 | – | – |
9 | – | – | 3.36 | 11.67 | 0.56 | 13.21 | – | – |
10 | – | – | 3.55 | 12.33 | 0.63 | 14.94 | – | – |
11 | – | – | 3.74 | 12.99 | 0.71 | 16.67 | – | – |
12 | – | – | 3.93 | 13.65 | 0.78 | 18.40 | – | – |
13 | – | – | 4.12 | 14.31 | 0.85 | 20.13 | – | – |
14 | – | – | 4.31 | 14.97 | 0.93 | 21.86 | – | – |
15 | – | – | 4.50 | 15.63 | 1.00 | 23.59 | – | – |
>15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
16 | – | – | 4.69 | 16.29 | 1.36 | 32.23 | – | – |
17 | – | – | 4.88 | 16.95 | – | – | – | – |
18 | – | – | 5.07 | 17.61 | – | – | – | – |
19 | – | – | 5.26 | 18.27 | – | – | – | – |
20 | – | – | 5.45 | 18.93 | – | – | – | – |
>20 | – | – | 6.40 | 22.24 | – | – | – | – |
NCF (g g−1) | ||||||||
0.4251 | 0.4251 | 0.4030 | 0.4030 | 0.4330 | 0.4330 | 0.4330 | 0.4330 | |