Aggregated estimation of the basic parameters of biological production and the carbon budget of Russian terrestrial ecosytems: 2. Net primary production

Shvidenko, A., Nilsson, S., Stolbovoi, V., Rozhkov, V.A., & Gluck, M. (2001). Aggregated estimation of the basic parameters of biological production and the carbon budget of Russian terrestrial ecosytems: 2. Net primary production. Russian Journal of Ecology 32 (2) 71-77. 10.1023/A:1009538529069.

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Abstract

The estimated net primary production (NPP) of Russian terrestrial ecosystems (annual average over the period from 1988 to 1992) is 9544 Tg of dry matter, or 4353 Tg of carbon. Of the total amount, forests account for approximately 39.2% (here and below, comparisons are made with respect to carbon content); natural grasslands and brushwoods, for 27.6%; farmlands (arable land and cultivated pastures), for 22.0%; and wetlands, for 11.2%. The average NPP density on lands covered with vegetation (1629.8 million hectares in Russia) is 267 g C/m2per year. The highest value (498 g C/m2per year) is characteristic of arable lands. Other land-use/land-cover (LULC) classes have the following NPP densities (in areas covered with vegetation): grasslands and brushwoods, 278 g C/m2; forests, 224 g C/m2; and wetlands, 219 g C/m2per year. In general, Russian terrestrial ecosystems accumulate 59.7% of the total NPP in the aboveground phytomass (47.8% in green parts and 11.9% in wood) and 40.3% in the underground phytomass. The latter parameter differs significantly in different LULC classes and bioclimatic zones. According to calculations, the uncertainty in estimating the total NPP is 11% (a priori confidential probability 0.9).

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