High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
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| 作者 | Cuni-Sanchez,Aida; Sullivan,Martin J. P.; Platts,Philip J.; Lewis,Simon L.; Marchant,Rob; Imani,Gerard; Hubau,Wannes; Abiem,Iveren; Adhikari,Hari; Albrecht,Tomas |
| 刊名 | NATURE
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| 出版日期 | 2021 |
| 卷号 | 596期号:7873页码:536+ |
| ISSN号 | 0028-0836 |
| 关键词 | EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS GLOBAL PATTERNS BIOMASS STORAGE DIVERSITY SINK MAP |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41586-021-03728-4 |
| 英文摘要 | Tropical forests store 40-50 per cent of terrestrial vegetation carbon(1). However, spatial variations in aboveground live tree biomass carbon (AGC) stocks remain poorly understood, in particular in tropical montane forests(2). Owing to climatic and soil changes with increasing elevation(3), AGC stocks are lower in tropical montane forests compared with lowland forests(2). Here we assemble and analyse a dataset of structurally intact old-growth forests (AfriMont) spanning 44 montane sites in 12 African countries. We find that montane sites in the AfriMont plot network have a mean AGC stock of 149.4 megagrams of carbon per hectare (95% confidence interval 137.1-164.2), which is comparable to lowland forests in the African Tropical Rainforest Observation Network(4) and about 70 per cent and 32 per cent higher than averages from plot networks in montane(2,5,6) and lowland(7) forests in the Neotropics, respectively. Notably, our results are two-thirds higher than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change default values for these forests in Africa(8). We find that the low stem density and high abundance of large trees of African lowland forests(4) is mirrored in the montane forests sampled. This carbon store is endangered: we estimate that 0.8 million hectares of old-growth African montane forest have been lost since 2000. We provide country-specific montane forest AGC stock estimates modelled from our plot network to help to guide forest conservation and reforestation interventions. Our findings highlight the need for conserving these biodiverse(9,10) and carbon-rich ecosystems.The aboveground carbon stock of a montane African forest network is comparable to that of a lowland African forest network and two-thirds higher than default values for these montane forests. |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000688549200028 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/73734]  |
| 专题 | 中国科学院昆明植物研究所 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Museo Sci, Trop Biodivers Sect, Trento, Italy 2.BirdLife Int, Key Biodivers Areas Secretariat, Cambridge, England 3.Univ Lincoln, Sch Life Sci, Lincoln, England 4.Univ Florence, Dept Biol, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy 5.Sainge, Moses N.] Trop Plant Explorat Grp TroPEG, Mundemba, Cameroon 6.Schmitt, Christine B.] Univ Bonn, Ctr Dev Res ZEF, Bonn, Germany 7.Schmitt, Christine B.] Univ Freiburg, Conservat & Landscape Ecol, Freiburg, Germany 8.Ngute, Alain S. K.] Univ Dschang, Appl Biol & Ecol Res Unit, Dschang, Cameroon 9.Wageningen Univ, Forest Ecol & Forest Management Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands 10.Addis Ababa Univ, Water & Land Resources Ctr, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cuni-Sanchez,Aida,Sullivan,Martin J. P.,Platts,Philip J.,et al. High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests[J]. NATURE,2021,596(7873):536+. |
| APA | Cuni-Sanchez,Aida.,Sullivan,Martin J. P..,Platts,Philip J..,Lewis,Simon L..,Marchant,Rob.,...&Zibera,Etienne.(2021).High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests.NATURE,596(7873),536+. |
| MLA | Cuni-Sanchez,Aida,et al."High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests".NATURE 596.7873(2021):536+. |
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