Net primary production in plantations of Pinus taeda and Eucalyptus cloeziana compared with a mountain miombo woodland in Mozambique

Abstract

Planting monocultures of fast-growing non-native (exotic) species is one way to slow or reverse deforestation and forest degradation in tropical zones. This study compared the effects on total net primary production (NPP) of first-rotation monoculture (34-year-old) plantations of Pinus taeda and Eucalyptus cloeziana and adjacent mountain miombo woodland in Mozambique. Total NPP was defined as the sum of annual carbon (C) sequestration in total aboveground tree biomass, belowground coarse root biomass, fine roots (

Keywords

Carbon sequestration; Fine roots; Litterfall; DBH growth

Published in

Global Ecology and Conservation
2018, volume: 15, article number: e00414
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU Authors

• Guedes, Benard

  • Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM)

• Olsson, Bengt

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Egnell, Gustaf

  • Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG15 Life on land

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00414

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/96840