https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14539 2021-08-27T17:28:51Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14539/ Estimating Carbon Dynamics in an Intact Lowland Mixed Dipterocarp Forest Using a Forest Carbon Model Lee, J. Lee, S. Han, S.H. Kim, S. Roh, Y. Salim, K.A. Pietsch, S.A. Son, Y. Intact dipterocarp forests in Asia act as crucial carbon (C) reservoirs, and it is therefore important to investigate the C dynamics in these forests. We estimated C dynamics, together with net ecosystem production (NEP), in an intact tropical dipterocarp forest of Brunei Darussalam. Fifty-four simulation units (plots; 20 m × 20 m) were established and initial C stocks were determined via direct field measurement. The C dynamics were annually simulated with a regression model and the Forest Biomass and Dead organic matter Carbon (FBDC) model. The initial C stock (Mg C·ha−1) of biomass, litter, dead wood and mineral soil were 213.1 ± 104.8, 2.0 ± 0.8, 31.3 ± 38.8, and 80.7 ± 15.5, respectively. Their annual changes (Mg C·ha−1·year−1) were 3.2 ± 1.1, 0.2 ± 0.2, −3.7 ± 6.1, and −0.3 ± 1.1, respectively. NEP was −0.6 ± 6.1 Mg C·ha−1·year−1, showing large heterogeneity among the plots. The initial C stocks of biomass and dead wood, biomass turnover rates and dead wood decay rates were elucidated as dominant factors determining NEP in a sensitivity analysis. Accordingly, investigation on those input data can constrain an uncertainty in determining NEP in the intact tropical forests. MDPI AG 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14539/1/forests-08-00114.pdf Lee, J. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/178.html>, Lee, S., Han, S.H., Kim, S., Roh, Y., Salim, K.A., Pietsch, S.A. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/232.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-2212 <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-2212>, & Son, Y. (2017). Estimating Carbon Dynamics in an Intact Lowland Mixed Dipterocarp Forest Using a Forest Carbon Model. Forests 8 (4) p. 114. 10.3390/f8040114 <https://doi.org/10.3390/f8040114>. 10.3390/f8040114 10.3390/f8040114 10.3390/f8040114 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage