NDLI: Estimating the Carbon Content of Russian Forests; A Comparison of Phytomass/Volume and Allometric Projections

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Author	Hamburg, Steven P. Zamolodchikov, Dmitri G. Korovin, George N. Nefedjev, Viktor V. Utkin, Anatoly I. Gulbe, Jakov I. Gulbe, Tatjana A.
Copyright Year	1997
Abstract	As increased attention is being paid to the role Russian forests play in the global carbon budget, the desirability of being able to accurately and easily estimate the carbon content of the Russian forests is clear. In Russia timber volume has been estimated regularly and systematically as part of the former Soviet Union's forest inventory system. To determine the accuracy of using a volumetric approach to determining forest carbon pools, we developed allometric equations for the dominant trees (5 taxa) of two regions (Vologda and Volgograd) of Russia. Using these allometric equations and the phytomass/volume ratios previously developed to exploit the volume inventory data, we compared the forest carbon content of 51 forest stands of varying ages, composition and structure estimated using the two approaches.Carbon estimates for the Vologda region were on average 8% (±4% 95% CI) greater using the volume approach than the allometric approach, and 4% greater (± 4%) in the Volgograd region. The greatest difference was for pine dominated stands (−15%) and the least for birch dominated stands (+1%). We also compared the carbon estimated for the 26 Vologda stands utilizing allometric equations developed for the same genera growing in similar forest types in North America. The North American allometric equations predicted slightly higher carbon content on average as compared to the Russian derived equations (2% ± 4).The data presented suggest that using volumetrically derived carbon estimates provide reasonably accurate estimates of forest carbon.
Starting Page	247
Ending Page	265
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13812386
Journal	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
Volume Number	2
Issue Number	2-3
e-ISSN	15731596
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	1997-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Meteorology/Climatology Climate Change Environmental Management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Global and Planetary Change

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