Artículo
Carbon balance and fire emissions in Andean cypress (Austrocedrus chilensis) forests of Patagonia, Argentina
Fecha de publicación:
06/2020
Editorial:
Csiro Publishing
Revista:
International Journal Of Wildland Fire
ISSN:
1049-8001
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
Clasificación temática:
Resumen
Wildfires are disturbances that affect forest structure and dynamics. Forests and the atmosphere interact in different ways; one is by emitting carbon (C) through wildfires and recapturing it by photosynthesis of regrowing vegetation. Estimation of C emissions and uptake allows monitoring and inventorying C at stand, landscape, or regional levels. We indirectly estimated C and other greenhouse gas emissions and uptake following Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines, and also using growth curves derived from real data, in three burned pure Andean cypress (Austrocedrus chilensis) stands in Patagonia, Argentina. The sites, termed INTA (humid), LACO (mesic) and CECE (xeric), were burned on different dates (1987, INTA; 1999, CECE; 2008, LACO). Nearby unburned stands with similar structural and floristic characteristics were used as analogues to make our estimations. Carbon losses represented 245, 225, and 215 t CO2 ha-1 for CECE, INTA and LACO respectively. Amount of carbon sequestered by post-fire vegetation depended on the time-lag from fire occurrence to date of sampling, whereas C uptake rates varied in time according to differences in site environmental conditions. Andean cypress seedlings present in burned stands suggest that outside the time needed, each site may recover not only lost C but also former structure and functions.
Palabras clave:
CARBON LOSSES
,
FOREST RECOVERY
,
GREENHOUSE GASES
,
SEQUESTERED CARBON
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Articulos(CIEMEP)
Articulos de CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION ESQUEL DE MONTAÑA Y ESTEPA PATAGONICA
Articulos de CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION ESQUEL DE MONTAÑA Y ESTEPA PATAGONICA
Articulos(SEDE CENTRAL)
Articulos de SEDE CENTRAL
Articulos de SEDE CENTRAL
Citación
Defossé, Guillermo Emilio; Godoy, Maria Marcela; Bertolin, María Lila; Carbon balance and fire emissions in Andean cypress (Austrocedrus chilensis) forests of Patagonia, Argentina; Csiro Publishing; International Journal Of Wildland Fire; 29; 8; 6-2020; 661-674
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