Carbon Exchange between the Atmosphere and a Subtropical Evergreen Mountain Forest in Taiwan
Table 4
Yearly sums of NEE and RE from this study and other studies. Estimates of yearly live-tree biomass with forest inventory methods (positive values represent carbon sequestration) around the flux tower and in the whole Xitou area. Numbers in parentheses are single standard deviations.
Reference
NEE
RE
g·C·m−2·yr−1
This study: mean 2011–2013
NEEEC = −1,060 (±38) NEEX = −561 (±114)
RE_NB = 983 (±51) RE_DB = 1,828 (±115)
Tan et al. [34] quantify the carbon uptake of a 300-year-old subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest
Takanashi et al. [35], Japanese cedar forest in Japan 2001 and 2002 [35]
−477, −480
991, 1,129
Saitoh et al. [36], mostly Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress forest in Japan; 2006 and 2007
−330, −350
1,740, 1980
Kosugi et al. [37] analyse 7 years of data; 50-year-old forest consisting Japanese cypress (method 1-> night-based gap-filling; method 2-> day-based gap filling)