TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomass of a man-made forest of timber tree species in the humid tropics of West Java, Indonesia
AU - Hiratsuka, Motoshi
AU - Toma, Takeshi
AU - Mindawati, Nina
AU - Heriansyah, Ika
AU - Morikawa, Yasushi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was part of a cooperative project between the Forestry Research and Development Agency, Indonesia (FORDA), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and Waseda University, Japan, and was part of the CIFOR/Japan research project “Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Ecosystems.” This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Environment of Japan (B-60; Development of Evaluation Model for Carbon Sink). We thank Dr. Markku Kanninen (CIFOR), Dr. Daniel Murdiyarso (CIFOR), Dr. Hiroshi Tanaka (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan, FFPRI) and Dr. Atsushi Ishida (FFPRI) for their valuable comments. We also thank scientists and staff of FORDA and CIFOR for their support and encouragement.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - Biomass of a mature man-made forest in West Java, Indonesia, was estimated to evaluate the carbon sequestration potential of plantation forest in the humid tropics. Twenty plots, each 0.25 ha in area and containing one to six planted species over 40 years of age and with closed canopies, were selected. Trunk dry mass was estimated from trunk diameter, tree height, and bulk density. Maximum trunk diameter (122 cm) was observed in a 46-year-old Khaya grandifoliola C. DC. tree, and the tallest tree (51 m) was a 46-year-old Shorea selanica (DC.) Blume. The largest trunk biomass (911 Mg ha-1) was achieved in the plot composed of two Khaya spp. Among the plots composed of indigeneous Dipterocarpaceae species, the largest trunk biomass was 635 Mg ha-1. These trunk biomasses were larger than those reported from primary rainforests in Southeast Asia (e.g., 403 Mg ha-1 in East Kalimantan, 522 and 368 Mg ha-1 in Peninsular Malaysia). The large biomass in this forest suggests that, given favorable conditions, man-made forests can accumulate the quantities of atmospheric carbon that were lost by the logging of primary forests in the humid tropics.
AB - Biomass of a mature man-made forest in West Java, Indonesia, was estimated to evaluate the carbon sequestration potential of plantation forest in the humid tropics. Twenty plots, each 0.25 ha in area and containing one to six planted species over 40 years of age and with closed canopies, were selected. Trunk dry mass was estimated from trunk diameter, tree height, and bulk density. Maximum trunk diameter (122 cm) was observed in a 46-year-old Khaya grandifoliola C. DC. tree, and the tallest tree (51 m) was a 46-year-old Shorea selanica (DC.) Blume. The largest trunk biomass (911 Mg ha-1) was achieved in the plot composed of two Khaya spp. Among the plots composed of indigeneous Dipterocarpaceae species, the largest trunk biomass was 635 Mg ha-1. These trunk biomasses were larger than those reported from primary rainforests in Southeast Asia (e.g., 403 Mg ha-1 in East Kalimantan, 522 and 368 Mg ha-1 in Peninsular Malaysia). The large biomass in this forest suggests that, given favorable conditions, man-made forests can accumulate the quantities of atmospheric carbon that were lost by the logging of primary forests in the humid tropics.
KW - Biomass
KW - Carbon sequestration
KW - Man-made forest
KW - Timber tree species
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U2 - 10.1007/s10310-005-0166-7
DO - 10.1007/s10310-005-0166-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:29544451718
VL - 10
SP - 487
EP - 491
JO - Journal of Forest Research
JF - Journal of Forest Research
SN - 1341-6979
IS - 6
ER -