Culm recruitment,dry matter dynamics and carbon flux in recently harvested and mature bamboo savannas in the Indian dry tropics |
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Authors: | S K Tripathi K P Singh |
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Institution: | (1) Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, 221005 Varanasi, India |
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Abstract: | Culm recruitment, standing crop biomass, net production and carbon flux were estimated in mature (5 years after last harvest)
and recently harvested bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees) savanna sites in the dry tropics. During the 2 study years bamboo shoot recruitment was 1711–3182 and 1432–1510
shoots ha−1 in harvested and mature sites, respectively. Corresponding shoot mortality was 66–93% and 62–69%, respectively. Total biomass
was 34.9 t ha−1 at the harvested site and 47.4 t ha−1 at the mature site. Harvesting increased the relative contribution of belowground bamboo biomass. Annual litter input to
soil was 2.7 and 5.9 t ha−1 year−1 at the harvested and mature sites, respectively. The bulk of the annual litterfall (78–88%) occurred in the cool dry season
(November to February). The mean litter mass on the savanna floor ranged from 3.1 to 3.3 t ha−1; at the harvested site wood litter contributed 70% of the litter mass and at the mature site leaves formed 77% of the litter
mass. The mean total net production (TNP) for the two annual cycles was 15.8 t ha−1 year−1 at the harvested site and 19.3 t ha−1 year−1 at the mature site. Nearly half (46–57%) of the TNP was allocated to the belowground parts. Short lived components (leaves
and fine roots) contributed about four-fifths of the net production of bamboo. Total carbon storage in the system was 64.4
t ha−1 at the harvested site and 75.4 t ha−1 at the mature site, of which 23–28% was distributed in vegetation, 2% in litter and 70–75% in soil. Annual net carbon deposition
was 6.3 and 8.7 t ha−1 year−1 at harvested and mature sites, respectively. |
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Keywords: | bamboo biomass carbon budget carbon flux dry tropics production savanna |
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