两种方法预估红松立木含碳量的精度

森林碳储量是评价森林生态系统生态效益的重要指标,准确估计立木各器官(树干、树枝、树叶和树根)含碳量是其基础。基于黑龙江省44株人工红松各器官生物量和含碳量的实测数据,采用非线性联立方程组构建了相容性立木生物量和含碳量模型,比较了两种方法(直接法和间接法)估计红松立木含碳量的精度。直接法是通过构建各器官相容性含碳量模型,直接预估立木各器官含碳量。间接法是由各器官相容性生物量模型,结合3种形式的含碳率(平均含碳率0.5、林木实测平均含碳率,各器官实测平均含碳率)来预估树木各器官含碳量。研究结果表明:相容性生物量和含碳量模型的相关指数R2为0.76—0.99,模型的拟合效率(EF)为0.80—0.98。直接法中树干、树枝、树叶、树根和总量的含碳量预估精度分别为91.03%、80.02%、70.24%、87.10%、93.08%;间接法中采用平均含碳率0.5的预估精度与直接法相比,各器官及总量分别下降1.39%、1.5%、0.13%、1.09%和2.2%,而采用另外两种形式的含碳率其预估精度降幅在0.3%以内。依据文中推导的相对误差积累公式可知,间接法的预估精度主要与Ci%/珔C%(Ci%为单木各器官含碳率,珔C%为实测平均含碳率)有关。显然,直接法是预估红松立木含碳量的最佳方法。通常使用的碳含量转换系数0.5与实测含碳率有明显差异,因此间接法中采用0.5的含碳率其预估精度最低,而使用各器官实测的含碳率可以明显提高预估精度。     

长白落叶松含碳率分析及含碳量异速生长模型

森林碳储量约占陆地碳储量的45%,准确评估森林碳储量对于森林的科学经营管理及规划具有重要意义。基于2015—2018年黑龙江省佳木斯市孟家岗、尚志帽儿山、小九林场以及东京、林口林业局的77棵人工长白落叶松的解析木数据,分析5种树木成分(即干材、树皮、树枝、树叶和树根)的含碳量分配及含碳率变化,构建了长白落叶松总量及各分项的一元及二元可加性含碳量模型,模型参数估计采用非线性似乎不相关回归模型方法,并采用“刀切法”对模型进行检验,评价其预测能力。结果表明:各分项加权平均含碳率差异显著,树枝(49.3%)>树皮(48.7%)>树叶(48.5%)>干材(48.2%)>树根(47.1%)。地上含碳量约占总含碳量的80%,地下含碳量约占20%。可加性含碳量模型的调整后确定系数R_a²大于0.89,平均绝对误差(MAE)小于4.1 kg,绝大多数模型的平均绝对误差百分比(MAE%)小于30%。引入树高变量,可以有效地提高大部分含碳量模型的拟合效果和预测能力。其中,总量、地上、干材和树皮含碳量模型拟合效果较好,树枝、树叶、树根和树冠含碳量模型拟合效果相对较差。     

两种相容性生物量模型的比较——以广东省3个阔叶树种为例

基于广东省樟树、木荷和枫香3个阔叶树种共270株样木的生物量实测数据,采用多元非线性联合估计,按分量相加和总量控制两种方法,分别构建了一元(胸径)和二元(胸径、树高和胸径、冠幅)的相容性生物量模型,比较分析了这两种相容性生物量模型的拟合效果和预估精度。结果表明:(1)分量相加和总量控制构建相容性模型对3个树种拟合效果均较好,预估精度均较高,二者之间差别不大,但总体上分量相加模型拟合效果较优。(2)二元模型拟合效果和预估精度普遍优于一元模型,但加入第二个变量的异同,在各个分量中的表现不一。加入树高因子,显著改进树干和树皮的拟合效果;加入冠幅因子,显著改进树枝、树叶和地上部分的拟合效果。选择胸径和冠幅因子建立二元生物量模型可以获得较高的拟合精度。(3)基于最优独立模型构建的相容性模型拟合和预估效果最优,地上部分总量甚至优于最优独立模型。因此,各分量相加构建的相容性模型略优于总量控制。对于阔叶树种自变量的选取,二元模型加入冠幅因子的精度高于加入树高因子。     

黑龙江省落叶松人工林碳储量动态研究

基于36株碳密度测定样木和5期黑龙江省森林资清查数据（1986~2005）,利用非线性度量误差模型来估计黑龙江省落叶松人工林的碳储量动态变化。结果表明：黑龙江省人工落叶松不同器官碳密度在456.7~479.0 mg·g^-1之间,不同器官碳密度差异显著,各器官碳密度由高到低为：树叶>树枝>树干>树根。不同林龄落叶松人工林树干、树根树枝和树叶的碳储量分配比例分别稳定在：66.75%~68.92%、21.59%~22.62%、5.99%~8.16%和2.47%~3.50%。其中,树根和树枝含碳量比重随林分年龄增加而增加,树干和树叶含碳量比重随林分年龄增大而减小。1986~2005年黑龙江省落叶松人工林碳储量总体呈增长趋势,2000年时达最大,为30.38 t·hm^-2,在此期间,平均每年以1.21 t·hm^-2的速度增加。2005年黑龙江省不同区域落叶松人工林碳储量在25.43~34.35 t·hm^-2之间,各区域碳储量由高到低依次为：小兴安岭南坡>完达山地区>张广才岭东坡>张广才岭西坡>小兴安岭北坡。     

黄浦江中上游杨树人工林生态系统碳储量研究

以上海地区黄浦江中上游杨树人工林为研究对象,构建了杨树立木及各器官(根、干、皮、枝、叶)生物量方程,并对杨树人工林林分生物量(乔木层、地表枯落物层)、碳储量和土壤碳储量进行了估测。结果表明:杨树立木及各器官的生物量方程拟合效果较好(R2=0.96～0.99,P0.001)。9年生杨树人工林生态系统碳储量为90.9 t·hm-2。其中乔木层碳储量所占比例为36.6%,乔木层各组分碳储量大小排序为树干树根树枝树皮树叶;地表枯落物层碳储量所占比例仅为1.7%。土壤碳储量(0～50 cm)所占比例最大,为61.6%。这些杨树人工幼龄林正处于快速生长阶段,对上海地区人工林碳汇经营具有重要意义。     

含度量误差的黑龙江省主要树种生物量相容性模型

基于516株样木的生物量数据,采用非线性度量误差模型理论和方法,构建了黑龙江省15个主要树种(组)总生物量与地上、地下、树干、树冠、树枝、树叶6个分项生物量以及分项生物量间的相容性生物量模型,分别选出各树种总生物量和各分项生物量的最优模型,采用比值函数分级联合控制方程组构建了以总生物量为基础的相容性模型,并采用对数变换对总生物量模型消除异方差,采用加权回归对各分项生物量模型消除异方差.结果表明:本文所建的15个树种(组)相容性生物量模型中,总生物量的预估精度最高,达到90％以上;其次是地上部分生物量和树干生物量,预估精度在87.5％以上;地下部分、树冠、树枝和树叶生物量的预估精度相对较低,但绝大多数树种(组)的预估精度在80％以上;所有树种(组)总生物量、地上部分生物量、树干生物量模型的模拟效率(EF)值达0.9以上,绝大多数树种(组)的地下部分、树冠、树枝、树叶生物量模型的EF值在0.8以上.     

基于不同预测变量的天然椴树可加性地上生物量模型构建

森林生物量是森林生态系统的最基本数量特征,生物量数据是研究许多林业问题和生态问题的基础,因此,准确测定生物量对于计算碳储量以及研究气候变化、森林健康、森林生产力、养分循环等十分重要.目前,测算森林生物量常用的方法为生物量模型估算法.本研究基于小兴安岭地区和张广才岭地区97株实测生物量数据,建立了3个天然椴树立木可加性生物量模型系统(基于胸径的一元可加性生物量模型系统、基于胸径和树高的二元可加性生物量模型系统、基于最优变量的最优可加性生物量模型系统),采用非线性似乎不相关回归法进行参数估计,用加权方法解决模型的异方差问题,并采用“刀切法”进行模型检验.结果表明: 3种可加性生物量模型系统均能较好地对椴树各部分生物量进行拟合和预测(调整后确定系数R_a²>0.84,平均预测误差百分比MPE<8.5%,平均绝对误差MAE<16.3 kg,平均百分标准误差MPSE<28.5%),其中,树干和地上生物量的拟合效果优于树叶、树枝和树冠;在引入树高和树冠因子后,提高了模型的拟合效果和预测能力(R_a²提高0.01～0.04,MAE降低0.01～4.55 kg),缩小了预测值置信区间的范围,树干、树叶和地上生物量提高较多,树枝和树冠提高较少.总体来看,最优生物量模型系统效果最好,其次为二元生物量模型系统,再次是一元生物量模型系统,添加树高和树冠因子进行生物量模型的构建十分必要.     

天然云杉相容性生物量估算模型

基于150株天然云杉实测材积和生物量数据,利用非线性度量误差方法,建立相容性立木材积与生物量方程,并采用总量直接控制方案和分级联合控制方案研建了地上总生物量与4个分项(干材、干皮、树枝、树叶)的相容性方程系统,其中又采取了独立估计和联合估计两种处理方法进行地上生物量的估计.结果表明: 所建一元、二元相容性立木材积和地上生物量模型的材积和生物量决定系数均在0.85以上,最高达0.99,在胸径基础上增加树高变量能显著提高材积的预估效果,但对生物量的预估效果改进不大.就总量与分量相容性模型而言,分级联合控制方案所建的一元模型好于总量直接控制所建的一元模型,两种方案所建的二元模型效果相当.对一元、二元相容性生物量模型的拟合效果进行对比,结果显示,解释变量的增加明显提高了树枝和树叶生物量的拟合效果,对其他几个分量的拟合效果改善不大.对独立估计和联合估计的对比分析显示,两种估计方法几乎没有差异.     

秃杉人工林植被碳库和氮库的分配格局

对福建德化葛坑国有林场1996年种植的秃杉Taiwania flousiana人工林植被碳库和氮库分配格局进行调查。结果表明,秃杉人工林各器官碳含量在442.86～488.72 g·kg-1之间,而各器官氮含量在2.26～8.93 g·kg-1之间。20年生秃杉人工林单株碳库和氮库分别为96.10 kg和0.679 kg。各器官碳库大小顺序为树干(64.56 kg) >树根(16.11 kg) > 树叶(8.18 kg) > 树枝(7.25 kg)。各器官中氮库大小顺序为树干(0.379 kg) > 树叶(0.157 kg) > 树根(0.085 kg) > 树枝(0.058 kg)。乔木层的碳库和氮库主要集中在树干,分别占67.18%和55.82%。20年生秃杉人工林林分植被碳储量和氮储量分别为84.29 t·hm-2和0.60 t·hm-2。     

会同杉木人工林不同生长阶段植物固碳特征

为了探讨杉木人工林不同生长阶段的固碳功能,以会同杉木林为研究对象,在定位连续测定林分生物量和碳素含量的基础上,研究了杉木林不同年龄阶段的储存碳量及在各组分的分配和植物固碳能力。结果表明:杉木各器官碳素含量树叶树皮树根树干树枝,且随着林龄增加而增大;杉木林植被储存碳量为22.93—86.98 t/hm2,各个层次储存碳量乔木层林下植被层枯死物层;乔木层碳素在器官间的相对分配大小依次为树干树根树叶树皮树枝;树干碳素分配比随着年龄增长而增大,树枝、树叶随年龄增长而减少,树根和树皮虽有波动,但变化较平稳;树枝、树叶、树干、树皮和树根碳积累年均变化都呈单峰形曲线,但波峰出现林龄各有不同;杉木林固碳动态特征可分为固碳功能建立、固碳能力迅速增长、固碳能力最大、固碳能力相对平稳和固碳能力下降等5个阶段;杉木林的固碳能力,不仅受不同生长阶段生长发育生物学特性的制约,而且还受林分冠层结构特征以及土壤肥力条件的影响。     

甘肃省森林碳储量现状与固碳速率

针对森林碳平衡再评估的重要性和区域尺度森林生态系统碳库量化分配的不确定性, 该研究依据全国森林资源连续清查结果中甘肃省各森林类型分布的面积与蓄积比重以及林龄和起源等要素, 在甘肃省布设212个样地, 经野外调查与采样、室内分析, 并对典型样地信息按照面积权重进行尺度扩展, 估算了甘肃省森林生态系统碳储量及其分布特征。结果表明: 甘肃省森林生态系统总碳储量为612.43 Tg C, 其中植被生物量碳为179.04 Tg C, 土壤碳为433.39 Tg C。天然林是甘肃省碳储量的主要贡献者, 其值为501.42 Tg C, 是人工林的4.52倍。天然林和人工林的植被碳密度均表现为随林龄的增加而增加的趋势, 同一龄组天然林植被碳密度高于人工林。天然林土壤碳密度从幼龄林到过熟林逐渐增加, 但人工林土壤碳密度最大值主要为近熟林。全省森林植被碳密度均值为72.43 Mg C·hm^-2, 天然林和人工林分别为90.52和33.79 Mg C·hm^-2。基于森林清查资料和标准样地实测数据, 估算出全省天然林和人工林在1996年的植被碳储量为132.47和12.81 Tg C, 2011年分别为152.41和26.63 Tg C, 平均固碳速率分别为1.33和0.92 Tg C·a^-1。甘肃省幼、中龄林面积比重较大, 占全省的62.28%, 根据碳密度随林龄的动态变化特征, 预测这些低龄林将发挥巨大的碳汇潜力。     

江西省森林碳蓄积过程及碳源/汇的时空格局

森林碳蓄积是研究森林与大气碳交换以及估算森林吸收或排放含碳气体的关键参数,不同年龄森林的碳源/汇功能差异则体现出森林生态系统碳蓄积过程的时间特征。以森林资源清查的样方数据作为数据源,通过刻画主要树种的林分蓄积生长曲线、林龄与净初级生产力(NPP)之间的关系,驱动区域碳收支模型(InTEC)模拟江西省1950—2008年的森林碳蓄积过程,了解山江湖工程实施以来的森林碳源/汇状况。结果表明,20世纪80年代以前,江西省森林年平均NPP波动于450—813 gCm-2a-1之间,年净增生物量碳26.55—36.23 TgC/a,年净增木质林产品碳0.01—0.3 TgC/a;80年代初,NPP和年净增生物量碳分别降至307.39 gC m-2a-1和17.31 TgC/a,而年净增木质林产品碳却高达0.6 TgC/a,说明森林被大量砍伐进入林产品碳库;1985年山江湖工程实施后,大面积造林使得年净增碳蓄积呈现急剧上升趋势,生物量和木质林产品碳蓄积分别上升至目前的42.37 TgC/a和0.79 TgC/a,而平均NPP值增加缓慢、碳汇功能降低,说明林分质量有待提高;90年代后碳汇功能开始稳步增强,说明造林面积的迅速增加是引起江西省森林碳增汇的主要驱动因素,但未来森林增汇潜力应源于森林生长和有效的经营管理。     

SIMPLOT: Simulating the impacts of fire severity on sustainability of eucalyptus forests in Portugal

SIMPLOT is a forest simulator for eucalyptus mainly driven by wood demand. It was developed to predict the evolution of the eucalyptus plantations in Portugal by combining forest inventory data with growth models taking into account the effect of different drivers such as wood demand, hazards occurrence and percentage of land use changes. The use of simulators for scenario analysis can be a powerful tool to explore policy options and to illustrate the consequences of different management alternatives. In the past years Portugal has been marked by extremely severe forest fires of great environmental impact. This paper shows simulation runs for two main scenario lines: the wood demand line and the wildfires line. In the first one, the simulator is used to identify a reasonable wood demand out of three different wood demands combined with a low/medium intensity fire scenario. The selected wood demand combined with three fire scenarios of increasing severity and a fourth one disregarding the existence of recent severe wildfires builds the second scenario line. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of different magnitudes of forest fires occurrence on the sustainability of eucalyptus plantations starting with NFI data gathered in 1997 during a horizon of 28 years. The simulations reflect a constant level of afforestation and deforestation and assume that no changes took place between different management alternatives. These simulations provide some insight on the impact of different wood demand and different magnitudes/frequency of severe wildfires: it is not only the number and magnitude of severe wildfires that make a difference, but it is also the number and magnitude of medium wildfires that follow an extremely severe one. Furthermore, the inter-annual variability of wildfire occurrence affects carbon stock and carbon sequestration in a different way. The occurrence of severe wildfires has an immediate effect on carbon sequestration. The lower values are registered in the same year in which the most severe wildfires occur. On the other hand, the occurrence of severe wildfires has more permanent consequences on carbon stocks than on carbon sequestration. The more severe and numerous are the wildfires the more difficult and at long-term will be to recover the carbon stocks in the forest. Results have also shown that if a higher wood demand compatible with the expected increase of pulp industry capacity would have been considered this would have had drastic impacts on eucalyptus forest sustainability due to overharvesting in order to meet the desired wood demand.     

A reassessment of carbon content in tropical trees

Accurate knowledge of carbon (C) content in live wood is essential for quantifying tropical forest C stocks, yet generic assumptions (such as biomass consisting of 50% carbon on a weight/weight basis) remain widely used despite being supported by little chemical analysis. Empirical data from stem cores of 59 Panamanian rainforest tree species demonstrate that wood C content is highly variable among co-occurring species, with an average (47.4±2.51% S.D.) significantly lower than widely assumed values. Prior published values have neglected to account for volatile C content of tropical woods. By comparing freeze- and oven-dried wood samples, we show that volatile C is non-negligible, and excluding the volatile fraction underestimates wood C content by 2.48±1.28% (S.D.) on average. Wood C content varied substantially among species (from 41.9-51.6%), but was neither strongly phylogenetically conserved, nor correlated to ecological (i.e. wood density, maximum tree height) or demographic traits (i.e. relative growth rate, mortality rate). Overall, assuming generic C fractions in tropical wood overestimates forest C stocks by ～3.3-5.3%, a non-trivial margin of error leading to overestimates of 4.1-6.8 Mg C ha(-1) in a 50-ha forest dynamics plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. In addition to addressing other sources of error in tropical forest C accounting, such as uncertainties in allometric models and belowground biomass, compilation and use of species-specific C fractions for tropical tree species would substantially improve both local and global estimates of terrestrial C stocks and fluxes.     

Response of tree biomass and wood litter to disturbance in a Central Amazon forest

We developed an individual-based stochastic-empirical model to simulate the carbon dynamics of live and dead trees in a Central Amazon forest near Manaus, Brazil. The model is based on analyses of extensive field studies carried out on permanent forest inventory plots, and syntheses of published studies. New analyses included: (1) growth suppression of small trees, (2) maximum size (trunk base diameter) for 220 tree species, (3) the relationship between growth rate and wood density, and (4) the growth response of surviving trees to catastrophic mortality (from logging). The model simulates a forest inventory plot, and tracks recruitment, growth, and mortality of live trees, decomposition of dead trees (coarse litter), and how these processes vary with changing environmental conditions. Model predictions were tested against aggregated field data, and also compared with independent measurements including maximum tree age and coarse litter standing stocks. Spatial analyses demonstrated that a plot size of ~10 ha was required to accurately measure wood (live and dead) carbon balance. With the model accurately predicting relevant pools and fluxes, a number of model experiments were performed to predict forest carbon balance response to perturbations including: (1) increased productivity due to CO₂ fertilization, (2) a single semi-catastrophic (10%) mortality event, (3) increased recruitment and mortality (turnover) rates, and (4) the combined effects of increased turnover, increased tree growth rates, and decreased mean wood density of new recruits. Results demonstrated that carbon accumulation over the past few decades observed on tropical forest inventory plots (~0.5 Mg C ha^–1 year^–1) is not likely caused by CO₂ fertilization. A maximum 25% increase in woody tissue productivity with a doubling of atmospheric CO₂ only resulted in an accumulation rate of 0.05 Mg C ha^–1 year^–1 for the period 1980–2020 for a Central Amazon forest, or an order of magnitude less than observed on the inventory plots. In contrast, model parameterization based on extensive data from a logging experiment demonstrated a rapid increase in tree growth following disturbance, which could be misinterpreted as carbon sequestration if changes in coarse litter stocks were not considered. Combined results demonstrated that predictions of changes in forest carbon balance during the twenty-first century are highly dependent on assumptions of tree response to various perturbations, and underscores the importance of a close coupling of model and field investigations.     

Current stocks and rate of sequestration of forest carbon in Gansu Province,China

Aims
Carbon sequestration is the basic function and most primary service of forest ecosystems, and plays a vital role in mitigating the global climate change. However, carbon storage and allocation in forest ecosystems have been less studied at regional scales than at forest stand levels, and the results are subject to uncertainty due to inconsistent methodologies. In this study we aim to obtain relatively accurate estimates of forest carbon stocks and sequestration rate at a provincial scale (regional) based on plot surveys of plants and soils.
Methods
In consideration of the areas and distributions of major forest types, 212 sampling plots, covering different age classes and origins (natural forests vs. planted forests), were surveyed in Gansu Province in northern China. Field investigations were conducted for vegetation layers (trees, shrubs, herbs and litter), soil profiles, and sampling of both plant materials and soils for laboratory analyses. Regional carbon stocks were calculated by up-scaling the carbon densities of all forest types with their corresponding areas. Carbon sequestration rate was estimated by referencing the reports of national forest inventory data for different periods.
Important findings Forest carbon stocks at the provincial scale were estimated at 612.43 Tg C, including 179.04 Tg C in biomass and 433.39 Tg C in soil organic materials. Specifically, natural forests stored 501.42 Tg C, approximately 4.52 times than that of the plantations. Biomass carbon density in both natural forests and plantations showed an increasing trend with stand age classes, and was greater in natural forests than in plantations within the same age classes. Soil carbon density also increased with stand age classes in natural forests, but the highest value occurred at the pre-mature stage in plantations. The weighted average of regional biomass carbon density was at 72.43 Mg C·hm^-2, with the average value of 90.52 Mg C·hm^-2 in natural forests and 33.79 Mg C·hm^-2 in plantations, respectively. In 1996, vegetation stored 132.47 Tg C in natural forests and 12.81 Tg C in plantations, respectively, and the values increased to 152.41 and 26.63 Tg C in 2011, with the mean carbon sequestration rates of 1.33 and 0.92 Tg C·a^-1. Given that young and middle-aged forests account for a large proportion (62.28%) of the total forest areas, the region is expected to have substantial potential of carbon sequestration.     

中国国家森林公园碳储量及固碳速率的时空动态

森林生态系统在调节气候变化和维持碳平衡中具有重要作用.国家森林公园是森林保护的主要载体,探明其碳储量和固碳速率的变化对于森林生态系统的固碳能力评估和可持续经营管理具有重要意义.本研究采用生态系统过程模型CEVSA2模型,模拟了1982-2017年中国881处国家森林公园的碳密度、碳储量和固碳速率的空间分布特征.结果 表...     

全球森林生态系统碳储量、固碳能力估算及其区域特征

从气候地带性和地理区域分布两方面对森林生态系统碳储量及固碳能力,以及土地利用变化对森林固碳的影响和森林固碳估算不确定性的原因进行综述.据估算,全球森林生态系统碳储量为652～927 Pg C,固碳能力达到4.02 Pg C·a^-1.各气候地带森林碳储量表现为热带最大(471 Pg C),寒带次之(272 Pg C),温带(113～159 Pg C)最小,固碳能力表现为热带(1.02～1.3 Pg C·a^-1)最大,温带次之(0.8 Pg C·a^-1),寒带(0.5 Pg C·a^-1)最小;各地理区域森林碳储量表现为南美洲(187.7～290 Pg C)最大,其次是欧洲(162.6 Pg C)、北美洲(106.7 Pg C)、非洲(98.2 Pg C)和亚洲(74.5 Pg C),而大洋洲(21.7 Pg C)最小,固碳能力为南美洲热带(1276 Tg C·a^-1)和非洲热带(753 Tg C·a^-1)较大,其次是北美洲(248 Tg C·a^-1)和欧洲(239 Tg C·a^-1),而东亚(98.8～136.5 Tg C·a^-1)较小.为进一步减少森林生态系统固碳估算的不确定性,今后应综合运用连续长期观测技术、样地清查、遥感分析和模型模拟等方法.     

中国寒温带不同林龄白桦林碳储量及分配特征

为了解中国寒温带地区不同林龄白桦林生态系统碳储量及固碳能力, 在样地调查基础上, 以大兴安岭地区25、40与61年白桦(Betula platyphylla)林生态系统为研究对象, 对其乔木层、林下地被物层(灌木层、草本层、凋落物层)、土壤层(0-100 cm)碳储量与分配特征进行调查研究。结果表明白桦林乔木层各器官碳含量在440.7-506.7 g·kg ^-1之间, 各器官碳含量随着林龄的增长而降低; 灌木层、草本层碳含量随林龄的增加呈先降后升的变化趋势; 凋落物层碳含量随林龄增加而降低; 土壤层(0-100 cm)碳含量随林龄增加而显著升高, 随着土层深度的增加而降低。白桦林生态系统各层次碳储量均随林龄的增加而明显升高。25、40与61年白桦林乔木层碳储量分别为11.9、19.1和34.2 t·hm ^-2, 各器官碳储量大小顺序表现为树干>树根>树枝>树叶, 树干碳储量分配比例随林龄增加而升高。25、40与61年白桦林生态系统碳储量分别为77.4、180.9和271.4 t·hm ^-2, 其中土壤层占生态系统总碳储量的81.6%、87.7%和85.9%, 是白桦林生态系统的主要碳库。随林龄增加, 白桦林年净生产力(2.0-4.4 t·hm ^-2·a ^-1)、年净固碳量(1.0-2.1 t·hm ^-2·a ^-1)均出现增长, 老龄白桦林仍具有较强的碳汇作用。