Intensive field sampling increases the known extent of carbon-rich Amazonian peatland pole forests
Intensive field sampling increases the known extent of carbon-rich Amazonian peatland pole forests
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密集的实地采样增加了亚马逊泥炭地极地森林富含碳的已知范围
DOI:
10.1088/1748-9326/ac0e65
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Honorio Coronado E
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作者:
Honorio Coronado E
Peatland pole forest is the most carbon-dense ecosystem in Amazonia, but its spatial distribution and species composition are poorly known. To address this knowledge gap, we quantified variation in the floristic composition, peat thickness, and the amount of carbon stored above and below ground of 102 forest plots and 53 transects in northern Peruvian Amazonia. This large dataset includes 571 ground reference points of peat thickness measurements across six ecosystem types. These field data were also used to generate a new land-cover classification based on multiple satellite products using a random forest classification. Peatland pole forests are floristically distinctive and dominated by thin-stemmed woody species such asPachira nitida(Malvaceae),Platycarpum loretense(Rubiaceae), andHevea guianensis(Euphorbiaceae). In contrast, palm swamps and open peatlands are dominated byMauritia flexuosa(Arecaceae). Peatland pole forests have high peat thickness (274 ± 22 cm, mean ± 95% CI,n= 184) similar to open peatlands (282 ± 46 cm,n= 46), but greater than palm swamps (161 ± 17 cm,n= 220) and seasonally-flooded forest, terra firme, and white-sand forest where peat is rare or absent. As a result, peatland pole forest has exceptional carbon density (1,133 ± 93 Mg C ha−1). The new sites expand the known distribution of peatland pole forest by 61% within the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland basin, mainly alongside the Tigre river, to cover a total of 7540 km2in northern Peruvian Amazonia. However, only 15% of the pole forest area is within a protected area, whilst an additional 26% lies within indigenous territories. The current low levels of protection and forest degradation but high threat from road paving projects makes the Tigre river basin a priority for conservation. The long-term conservation of peatland pole forests has the potential to make a large contribution towards international commitments to mitigate climate change.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
L. Hess;J. Melack;Adriana G. Affonso;C. Barbosa;M. Gastil;E. Novo
通讯作者:
E. Novo
影响因子:
5.9
作者:
Pitman, Nigel C. A.;Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara;Terborgh, John W.
通讯作者:
Terborgh, John W.
DOI:
10.24841/fa.v27i2.443
发表时间:
2019
期刊:
Folia Amazónica
影响因子:
--
作者:
Lourdes Yesenia Falen Horna;E. H. Coronado
通讯作者:
E. H. Coronado
DOI:
10.58843/ornneo.v28i0.72
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
Ornitología Neotropical
影响因子:
--
作者:
Juan Díaz Alván;Jacob B. Socolar;J. Alonso
通讯作者:
J. Alonso
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Hergoualc'h, Kristell;Gutierrez-Velez, Victor Hugo;Verchot, Louis V.
通讯作者:
Verchot, Louis V.