Ecological Archives M083-002-A1

Daniel M. Kashian, William H. Romme, Daniel B. Tinker, Monica G. Turner, Michael G. Ryan. 2013. Postfire changes in forest carbon storage over a 300-year chronosequence of Pinus contorta-dominated forests. Ecological Monographs 83:49–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1454.1

Appendix A. A table of carbon pools for lodgepole pine stands of contrasting age and density in Yellowstone National Park.

Table A1. Carbon pools of lodgepole pine stands of contrasting age and density in Yellowstone National Park. All presented values are means in g·C·m-2·yr-1; values in parentheses are one standard error.

Pool Low
density
< 25
Mod
density
< 25
High
density
< 25
Low
density
40–70
Mod
density
40–70
High
density
40–70
Low
density
80–130
Mod
density
80–130
High
density
80–130
No
beetles
170–230
Beetles
170–230
No
beetles
> 250
Beetles
> 250
Aboveground vegetation C
Trees
> 4 cm
DBH
* * * 5968
(1312)
6424
(840)
7080
(1007)
9331
(786)
8538
(505)
7735
(1068)
6865
(935)
7030
(772)
8681
(873)
6056
(730)
Trees
< 4 cm
DBH
23
(5)
390
(112)
430
(72)
30
(8)
10
(3)
39
(20)
34
(16)
15
(3)
18
(8)
46
(9)
65
(16)
86
(27)
82
(17)
Total
aboveground
23 390 430 5998 6434 7119 10117 8553 7753 6911 7095 8767 6138
Belowground vegetation C
Coarse roots
(> 2 mm)
* * * 807
(162)
895
(91)
887
(128)
1264
(106)
1117
(71)
983
(143)
930
(110)
961
(131)
1167
(116)
826
(102)
Fine roots
(< 2 mm)
132
(102)
85
(26)
111
(41)
392
(42)
363
(95)
371
(56)
190
(46)
110
(17)
264
(37)
205
(19)
314
(29)
304
(43)
291
(24)
Total
belowground
132 85 111 1199 1258 1258 1454 1227 1247 1135 1275 1471 1117
Detritus C
Down woody
debris
4578
(345)
4529
(395)
3440
(637)
2224
(506)
3276
(1371)
2134
(1324)
1889
(636)
1757
(91)
1617
(558)
3011
(202)
3421
(419)
3183
(369)
4605
(552)
Snags 1636
(615)
1413
(512)
975
(537)
165
(108)
226
(61)
50
(33)
407
(136)
955
(149)
502
(165)
1837
(352)
1678
(470)
2244
(465)
1500
(301)
Root
collars
685
(33)
717
(117)
478
(60)
423
(79)
578
(146)
849
(346)
396
(128)
290
(19)
333
(160)
355
(43)
507
(90)
554
(86)
542
(43)
Fine
litter C
73
(4)
117
(50)
354
(35)
904
(252)
694
(52)
534
(31)
731
(116)
756
(35)
842
(98)
707
(62)
861
(108)
676
(35)
730
(34)
Mineral
soil C
3177
(539)
2237
(475)
2265
(430)
2328
(259)
1431
(98)
1931
(174)
1839
(510)
2361
(602)
1052
(134)
1173
(108)
1331
(214)
1274
(85)
1311
(96)
Total
detritus
10149 9013 7512 6044 6205 5498 5262 6119 4346 7083 7798 7931 8688
Total
ecosystem C
10304 9488 8053 13241 13897 13875 16833 15899 13346 15129 16168 18169 15943

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