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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111685 |
| Biodiversity and carbon stocks of the understory vegetation as indicators for forest health in the Zabarwan Mountain Range, Indian Western Himalaya | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| ISSN | 1470-160X |
| EISSN | 1872-7034 |
| 起始页码 | 159 |
| 卷号 | 159 |
| 英文摘要 | Carbon stock and diversity of species together address the two most pressing concerns for successful ecosystem functioning and management, namely climate change and biodiversity loss. Understory vegetation is a significant indicator of plant biodiversity, contributing to forest carbon storage, sustaining species, and providing many ecological services. However, little research has been done about the contribution of the understory carbon stock in the forests, most likely because these understory components only make up a small portion of the total carbon stock of the forest ecosystem. To fill this knowledge gap, the current study sought to study the baseline understory (shrub and herb) diversity and carbon stock from the Zabarwan Mountain Range. Data on the characteristics of the understory vegetation in five different forest types were gathered using a random sample method. Using the Pearson method, we calculated the correlation coefficient between the diversity parameters and the carbon stock. The calculated average total carbon stock in the understory was determined to be 3.93 Mg C/ha (1.55-9.2 Mg C/ha). The shrub layer contributed a maximum value of 82 % of carbon stock. The increasing trends in total understory carbon were Parrotiopsis forest < Broad-leaved forest < Oak forest < Acacia forest < and Pinus forest. Species-wise, the shrub Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana was found to contribute a maximum average carbon stock of 3.11 Mg C/ha (47.76 %) and can be regarded as a key indicator understory species for the restoration of Himalayan forests. The decreasing order of trends in Shannon-Wiener diversity index value in the study area was Oak forest > Broad-leaved forest > Acacia forest > Pinus forest > Parrotiopsis forest. Overall, the data show that coniferous-dominated woodlands had higher understory carbon stocks than other kinds of woodlands. The data acquired highlights the importance of shrub carbon stock storage in the understory layer in this Himalayan region. The current research on understory vegetation provides strong evidence for maintaining forest management practices that enable and encourage the planting of multiple layers of vegetation in landscape restoration as approaches to improve biodiversity while increasing resistance to climate change. |
| 英文关键词 | Shrub biomass; Carbon sequestration; Carbon stock; National park; Kashmir Himalaya |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Environmental Sciences |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001179420300001 |
| 来源期刊 | ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/291456 |
| 作者单位 | Ilia State University; King Saud University; Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE); Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . Biodiversity and carbon stocks of the understory vegetation as indicators for forest health in the Zabarwan Mountain Range, Indian Western Himalaya[J],2024,159. |
| APA | (2024).Biodiversity and carbon stocks of the understory vegetation as indicators for forest health in the Zabarwan Mountain Range, Indian Western Himalaya.ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS,159. |
| MLA | "Biodiversity and carbon stocks of the understory vegetation as indicators for forest health in the Zabarwan Mountain Range, Indian Western Himalaya".ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 159(2024). |
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