Carbon Stock of Different Forest Communities at Wang Nam Khiao Forestry Research and Student Training Station, Nakhon Ratchasima Province
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the community structure, species composition, and carbon sequestration of different forest communities at the Wang Nam Khiao Forestry Research and Student Training Station, Nakhon Ratchasima province. The 28 temporary sample plots, of size 40 m x 40 m each, were laid out in dry evergreen forest, dry dipterocarp forest, mixed deciduous forest, and eucalyptus plantation and were 13, 9, 3, and 3 in number, respectively, according to the stratum of forest integrity (high, medium, and low). The data collected were the tree species, diameter at breast height (DBH), and height of trees as well as weight of litter. Subsamples of wood, litter, and soil were collected for analyzing the carbon content. The carbon stocks of 5 pools were analyzed and included the aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, dead wood, litter, and soil.
The study of plant species found that there were a total of 148 species. In the dry evergreen forest, mean total carbon stocks (TCS) were estimated at 104.52 ton C ha-1. Of this amount, soil organic carbon at a depth of
0.30 m, total aboveground biomass, total belowground biomass, and necromass were 43%, 43%, 7%, and 6%, respectively. In the mixed deciduous forest, TCS was 85.89 ton C ha-1 and the soil organic carbon at a depth of
0.30 m accounted for 54% of this amount. The total aboveground biomass represented only 37%, total belowground biomass 6%, and total necromass 3% of TCS in the mixed deciduous forest. In the dry dipterocarp forests and eucalyptus plantation, TCS was 65.59 and 67.81 ton C ha-1, respectively. Most of the carbon stocks in soil ranged between 29-50% of the total carbon storage and aboveground biomass ranged between 28-45% of the total carbon storage, indicating that the forest ecosystems are an important carbon sink and the carbon stored in biomass is a large carbon pool and so planting of a mixed forestry should be promoted along with integrated economic plantations to increase the carbon storage sites than monoculture practices.
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ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ขอรับรองว่า ต้นฉบับที่เสนอมานี้ยังไม่เคยได้รับการตีพิมพ์และไม่ได้อยู่ในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาตีพิมพ์ลงในวารสารหรือสิ่งตีพิมพ์อื่นใด ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยอมรับหลักเกณฑ์และเงื่อนไขการพิจารณาต้นฉบับ ทั้งยินยอมให้กองบรรณาธิการมีสิทธิ์พิจารณาและตรวจแก้ต้นฉบับได้ตามที่เห็นสมควร พร้อมนี้ขอมอบลิขสิทธิ์ผลงานที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ให้แก่วารสารวนศาสตร์ คณะวนศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ กรณีมีการฟ้องร้องเรื่องการละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์เกี่ยวกับภาพ กราฟ ข้อความส่วนใดส่วนหนึ่ง หรือ ข้อคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในผลงาน ให้เป็นความรับผิดชอบของข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) แต่เพียงฝ่ายเดียว และหากข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ประสงค์ถอนบทความในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาของทางวารสาร ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยินดีรับผิดชอบค่าใช้จ่ายทั้งหมดที่เกิดขึ้นในกระบวนการพิจารณาบทความนั้น”
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