Carbon and Nutrient Storage in Plant Biomass of Natural Forest nearby Thung Luang Royal Project Development Center, Chiang Mai Province
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Amounts of carbon and nutrient storage in plant biomass of natural forests were assessed near the Thung Luang Royal Project Development Center, Chiang Mai province. Fifty sample plots (40x40 m) were randomly selected along a latitudinal gradient using stratified sampling. Stem girth over bark at 1.3 m above ground and the height of all tree species taller than 1.5 m were measured in all plots. The amounts of carbon and nutrient biomass were calculated. In total, 210 species (141 genera and 66 families) were identified. Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon, Castanopsis acuminatissima (Blume) A.DC., Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth, and Quercus brandisiana Kurz were the dominant tree species. The mean plant species diversity value using the Shannon-Wiener equation (SWI) was 4.01 ± 0.86. The mean biomass was 237.27 ± 89.10 Mg ha-1, separated into stem, branch, leaf, and root organs with values of 153.97 ± 58.57 Mg ha-1 (64.89% of all biomass), 48.16 ± 20.05 Mg ha-1 (20.30%), 3.92 ± 1.03 Mg ha-1 (1.65%), and 31.21 ± 9.90 Mg ha-1 (13.15%), respectively, and the carbon biomass was 117.22 ± 44.04 Mg ha-1. The stored amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium were estimated to be 1,299.04 ± 481.57, 182.68 ± 69.90, 889.72 ± 332.37, 1,888.93 ± 703.32, and 424.56 ± 157.08 kg ha-1, respectively. This natural forest allows local communities to take advantage of the forest directly and indirectly even though the forest area has been degraded. Future protection of the forest is necessary in order not to worsen the storage ability, and reforestation should be undertaken.
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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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