Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species

The carbon content and the specific gravity of wood are indirect indicators of carbon storage capacity of trees. We monitored carbon content in four tropical species (Apeiba tibourbou, Guatteria amplifolia, Hyeronima alchorneoides and Tetrathylacium macrophyllum) in four different succession stages...

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Autores principales:	Navarro,Marcela, Moya,Róger, Chazdon,Robin, Ortiz,Edgar, Vilchez,Braulio
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales 2013
Materias:	secondary forests carbon wood density corredor biológico Osa climate change
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-920020130001000052013-04-23Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree speciesNavarro,MarcelaMoya,RógerChazdon,RobinOrtiz,EdgarVilchez,Braulio secondary forests carbon wood density corredor biológico Osa climate change The carbon content and the specific gravity of wood are indirect indicators of carbon storage capacity of trees. We monitored carbon content in four tropical species (Apeiba tibourbou, Guatteria amplifolia, Hyeronima alchorneoides and Tetrathylacium macrophyllum) in four different succession stages (5-15 years, 15-30 years, 30-50 years and old-growth forest of approximately 80 years old) in humid lowland forests in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. Carbon content varied significantly, from 0.41 to 0.51, across species and across successional stages, but it was not affected by diameter at breast height in any species. Mean wood specific gravity varied 3-fold across species, from 0.18 (A. amplifolia) to 0.54 (H. alchorneoides), whereas carbon content ranged from 0.40 (A. amplifolia) to 0.51 (H. alchorneoides). Specific gravity varied significantly (from 0.41 to 0.55) across successional stages only in G. amplifolia, whereas carbon content was different in some successional stages in A. tibourbou, H. alchorneoides and T. macrophyllum. Specific gravity and carbon content were correlated only in T. macrophyllum. Finally, results suggest that carbon content pertains to each species and it is affected by the succession stage.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias ForestalesBosque (Valdivia) v.34 n.1 20132013-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002013000100005en10.4067/S0717-92002013000100005
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spellingShingle	secondary forests carbon wood density corredor biológico Osa climate change Navarro,Marcela Moya,Róger Chazdon,Robin Ortiz,Edgar Vilchez,Braulio Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species
description	The carbon content and the specific gravity of wood are indirect indicators of carbon storage capacity of trees. We monitored carbon content in four tropical species (Apeiba tibourbou, Guatteria amplifolia, Hyeronima alchorneoides and Tetrathylacium macrophyllum) in four different succession stages (5-15 years, 15-30 years, 30-50 years and old-growth forest of approximately 80 years old) in humid lowland forests in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. Carbon content varied significantly, from 0.41 to 0.51, across species and across successional stages, but it was not affected by diameter at breast height in any species. Mean wood specific gravity varied 3-fold across species, from 0.18 (A. amplifolia) to 0.54 (H. alchorneoides), whereas carbon content ranged from 0.40 (A. amplifolia) to 0.51 (H. alchorneoides). Specific gravity varied significantly (from 0.41 to 0.55) across successional stages only in G. amplifolia, whereas carbon content was different in some successional stages in A. tibourbou, H. alchorneoides and T. macrophyllum. Specific gravity and carbon content were correlated only in T. macrophyllum. Finally, results suggest that carbon content pertains to each species and it is affected by the succession stage.
author	Navarro,Marcela Moya,Róger Chazdon,Robin Ortiz,Edgar Vilchez,Braulio
author_facet	Navarro,Marcela Moya,Róger Chazdon,Robin Ortiz,Edgar Vilchez,Braulio
author_sort	Navarro,Marcela
title	Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species
title_short	Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species
title_full	Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species
title_fullStr	Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species
title_full_unstemmed	Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species
title_sort	successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species
publisher	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales
publishDate	2013
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Successional variation in carbon content and wood specific gravity of four tropical tree species

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