Carbon in forest species of the Atlantic Forest as an indicator of stocks and quality

Autores

  • Ane Cristine Fortes da Silva Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba
  • Fernando José Freire Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • César Henrique Alves Borges Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • Emmanoella Costa Guaraná Araujo Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Ernandes Macedo da Cunha Neto Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Carlos Roberto Sanquetta Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rf.v51i3.71644

Palavras-chave:

Carbon concentration, Carbon sequestration, Tropical Rainforest.

Resumo

The objective is to quantify the carbon content (C) of the reservoirs of plant biomass of different species in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest in Northeast Brazil. Ten species of high absolute density were selected. We sampled biomass from the leaf and wood compartments of each species to determine the C content. There was a difference in leaf C levels between species. The C content in leaves of species varied between 451.4 and 456.7 g kg-1. The C content of the wood of species varied between 451.7 and 456.8 g kg-1. The group formed by the families Burseraceae, Moraceae, and Sapotaceae showed higher average levels of C in leaves. The Burseraceae family had the highest average C content in the species' wood. The use of a pre-established carbon content (500 g kg-1) may generate inconsistent estimates higher than the real values for the species and families in an Atlantic Forest environment. We suggest that C stock estimates use specific levels for species and/or families, contributing to a more realistic estimate of C storage patterns in the shoot biomass of Atlantic Forest species.

Keywords: Carbon concentration; Carbon sequestration; Tropical Rainforest.

Downloads

Publicado

22-06-2021

Como Citar

Silva, A. C. F. da, Freire, F. J., Borges, C. H. A., Araujo, E. C. G., Cunha Neto, E. M. da, & Sanquetta, C. R. (2021). Carbon in forest species of the Atlantic Forest as an indicator of stocks and quality. FLORESTA, 51(3), 630–638. https://doi.org/10.5380/rf.v51i3.71644

Edição

Seção

Artigos