TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating carbon stocks in Korean forests between 2010 and 2110
T2 - A prediction based on forest volume-age relationships
AU - Yu, Hangnan
AU - Lee, Woo Kyun
AU - Son, Yowhan
AU - Kwak, Dooahn
AU - Nam, Kijun
AU - Kim, Moonil
AU - Byun, Jungyeon
AU - Lee, Seungjun
AU - Kwon, Taesung
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank J.Y. Fang and J.L. Zhu for their invaluable comments about the biomass–age relationship model for estimating carbon stocks in forests. This study was carried out with the support of “Developing Forest Management Model for Climate Change Adaptation (Project No. FE0100-2009-01)” provided by the Korea Forest Research Institute and the “A3 Foresight Program” (Grant No A307-K005) provided by the National Research Foundation of Korea.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - This study was focused on attempting to estimate the potential change in forest carbon stocks between 2010 and 2110 in South Korea, using forest cover maps and National Forest Inventory (NFI) data. Allometric functions (logistic regression models) of volume-age relationships were developed to estimate carbon stock change during the next 100 years for Pinus densiflora, P. koraiensis, P. rigida, Larix kaempferi and Quercus spp. As a result, we found that the average forest volume would increase from 126.89 m3/ha to 246.61 m3/ha and the average carbon stocks would increase from 50.51 Mg C/ha to 99.76 Mg C/ha during the next 100 years. The carbon stocks would increase by approximately 0.5 Mg C/(ha·yr), a high value if other northern countries' (Canada, Russia, China, etc.) rates of increase are considered, as these are -0.10 to 0.28 Mg C/(ha·yr) as determined in a previous study. This can probably be attributed to the fact that the change in carbon stocks was estimated without the consideration of mortality, thinning, and tree species' change in this study, which is may lead to somewhat overestimation of carbon sequestration. However, this study is meaningful, as the estimated carbon stocks were based on the data from NFI and forest cover maps.
AB - This study was focused on attempting to estimate the potential change in forest carbon stocks between 2010 and 2110 in South Korea, using forest cover maps and National Forest Inventory (NFI) data. Allometric functions (logistic regression models) of volume-age relationships were developed to estimate carbon stock change during the next 100 years for Pinus densiflora, P. koraiensis, P. rigida, Larix kaempferi and Quercus spp. As a result, we found that the average forest volume would increase from 126.89 m3/ha to 246.61 m3/ha and the average carbon stocks would increase from 50.51 Mg C/ha to 99.76 Mg C/ha during the next 100 years. The carbon stocks would increase by approximately 0.5 Mg C/(ha·yr), a high value if other northern countries' (Canada, Russia, China, etc.) rates of increase are considered, as these are -0.10 to 0.28 Mg C/(ha·yr) as determined in a previous study. This can probably be attributed to the fact that the change in carbon stocks was estimated without the consideration of mortality, thinning, and tree species' change in this study, which is may lead to somewhat overestimation of carbon sequestration. However, this study is meaningful, as the estimated carbon stocks were based on the data from NFI and forest cover maps.
KW - National Forest Inventory
KW - carbon stocks
KW - forest cover map
KW - forest volume-age relationships
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U2 - 10.1080/21580103.2013.801174
DO - 10.1080/21580103.2013.801174
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880048987
SN - 2158-0103
VL - 9
SP - 105
EP - 110
JO - Forest Science and Technology
JF - Forest Science and Technology
IS - 2
ER -