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
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 |