Aboveground Biomass, Carbon Storage, and Stem Volume of a Siam Rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis Pierre.) Plantation in Southern Thailand
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This study presents the aboveground biomass, carbon storage, and stem volume estimations of a Dalbergia cochinchinensis plantation in Southern Thailand. The investigation was conducted on an 11-year-old progeny and provenance trial in Surat Thani province and a 6-year-old seed production area in Songkla province. The diameter at breast height (DBH) and height (H) of all the trees were measured and allometric equations were constructed to estimate the biomass through weighting techniques. Ten sample trees were selected based on their DBH class and cut according to a stratified-clip technique, after which, each part of the tree was collected to determine the moisture content and subsequently, the biomass. The carbon storage and carbon dioxide absorbed in the biomass was determined by the equation of the form (carbon = biomass x 0.47 and carbon dioxide = carbon x 3.67). The tree volume equation was also constructed from the sampled trees. The stem volume and carbon dioxide absorption of the plantation was estimated by using data collected in a 40 m x 40 m sample plot.
The results of the 11-year-old D. cochinnensis plantation in Surat Thani indicated that the survival percentage was 89.5, the average DBH and height were 10.30±3.97 cm and 12.08±2.79 m, while the annual increment in DBH and H were 0.94±0.36 cm year-1 and 1.10±0.25 m year-1, respectively. The carbon stored in the biomass was 33.07 ton C ha-1 or 121.25 ton CO2.ha-1 of absorbed CO2, respectively. The over-bark and under-bark stem volumes were 56.23 m3 ha-1 and 45.61 m3 ha-1, respectively. The survival percentage in the 6-year-old D. cochinnensis plantation at Songkla province was 92.0, with the average DBH and H estimated at 7.50±3.09 cm and 6.32±2.02 m, while the annual increments in DBH and H were 1.25±0.51 cm year-1 and 1.07+0.32 m year-1, respectively. The estimated carbon storage in the biomass was 6.72 ton C ha-1 or 24.65 ton CO2 ha-1 of absorbed CO2. The over-bark and under-bark stem volumes were 16.82 m3 ha-1 and 9.83 m3 ha-1, respectively. The allometric equations reported in this study, which use only the DBH, can be used to assess the stem volume and carbon dioxide absorption for carbon credits in a plantation.
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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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