Composition and partition of biomass in a smith fir (Abies georgei var.smithii) timberline forest on the Sergyemla Mountain,southeastern Tibetan Plateau  

作　　者：HE Ji-cheng LUO Tian-xiang XU Yu-qing 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, R R. China [2]Energy Saving, Environmental Protection ＆ Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, China Academy of Railway Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China [3]National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, E R. China

出　　处：《Forestry Studies in China》2010年第3期131-136,共6页中国林学（英文版）

基　　金：supported by an IFS research grant (No. D/4048-1);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40701008)

摘　　要：The southeastern Tibetan Plateau has the highest timberlines in the world and climate change affects this area to a considerable extent. Quantification of vegetation biomass in the forests at the timberline is essential for understanding carbon balance, forest structure and functional changes in the forests at timberlines. We describe biomass and its constituent components of a smith fir tim- berline forest occurring at an elevation of 4320 m on the Sergyemla Mountain in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. The results show that, in the tree layer, the average diameter at breast height （DBH） was 35.6 cm, the density 251 trees per hectare with a total biomass of 309.9 t.ha 1. Of the total biomass, the tnmks accounted for 70.49%, branches for 9.09%, leaves for 5.57% and roots for 14.85%. The total biomass in the shrub layer was 77.9 t＇ha-~ of which the biomass of trunks, branches, leaves and roots accounted for 42.8, 14.9, 4.6 and 15.6 t.ha-1, respectively. The total biomass in the herb layer was 3.0 t.ha-1. The total vegetation biomass in the smith fir timberline forest was 390.9 t-ha-l, to which the tree layer contributed the most （79.3%）, followed by shrubs （19.9%） and herbs （0.8%）. We estimate that the smith fir forest stand at the timberline had a higher total biomass than other fir or spruce forest stands in the surrounding area.The southeastern Tibetan Plateau has the highest timberlines in the world and climate change affects this area to a considerable extent. Quantification of vegetation biomass in the forests at the timberline is essential for understanding carbon balance, forest structure and functional changes in the forests at timberlines. We describe biomass and its constituent components of a smith fir tim- berline forest occurring at an elevation of 4320 m on the Sergyemla Mountain in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. The results show that, in the tree layer, the average diameter at breast height （DBH） was 35.6 cm, the density 251 trees per hectare with a total biomass of 309.9 t.ha 1. Of the total biomass, the tnmks accounted for 70.49%, branches for 9.09%, leaves for 5.57% and roots for 14.85%. The total biomass in the shrub layer was 77.9 t＇ha-~ of which the biomass of trunks, branches, leaves and roots accounted for 42.8, 14.9, 4.6 and 15.6 t.ha-1, respectively. The total biomass in the herb layer was 3.0 t.ha-1. The total vegetation biomass in the smith fir timberline forest was 390.9 t-ha-l, to which the tree layer contributed the most （79.3%）, followed by shrubs （19.9%） and herbs （0.8%）. We estimate that the smith fir forest stand at the timberline had a higher total biomass than other fir or spruce forest stands in the surrounding area.

关 键 词：BIOMASS smith fir Sergyemla Mountain allometric equations 

分 类 号：S812.6[农业科学—草业科学] P942.7[农业科学—畜牧学]