Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

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Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration. / Tong, Xiaowei; Brandt, Martin; Yue, Yuemin; Ciais, Philippe; Rudbeck Jepsen, Martin; Penuelas, Josep; Wigneron, Jean Pierre; Xiao, Xiangming; Song, Xiao Peng; Horion, Stephanie; Rasmussen, Kjeld; Saatchi, Sassan; Fan, Lei; Wang, Kelin; Zhang, Bing; Chen, Zhengchao; Wang, Yuhang; Li, Xiaojun; Fensholt, Rasmus.

I: Nature Communications, Bind 11, Nr. 1, 129, 2020.

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Tong, X, Brandt, M, Yue, Y, Ciais, P, Rudbeck Jepsen, M, Penuelas, J, Wigneron, JP, Xiao, X, Song, XP, Horion, S, Rasmussen, K, Saatchi, S, Fan, L, Wang, K, Zhang, B, Chen, Z, Wang, Y, Li, X & Fensholt, R 2020, 'Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration', Nature Communications, bind 11, nr. 1, 129. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13798-8

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Tong, X., Brandt, M., Yue, Y., Ciais, P., Rudbeck Jepsen, M., Penuelas, J., Wigneron, J. P., Xiao, X., Song, X. P., Horion, S., Rasmussen, K., Saatchi, S., Fan, L., Wang, K., Zhang, B., Chen, Z., Wang, Y., Li, X., & Fensholt, R. (2020). Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration. Nature Communications, 11(1), [129]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13798-8

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Tong X, Brandt M, Yue Y, Ciais P, Rudbeck Jepsen M, Penuelas J o.a. Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration. Nature Communications. 2020;11(1). 129. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13798-8

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Tong, Xiaowei ; Brandt, Martin ; Yue, Yuemin ; Ciais, Philippe ; Rudbeck Jepsen, Martin ; Penuelas, Josep ; Wigneron, Jean Pierre ; Xiao, Xiangming ; Song, Xiao Peng ; Horion, Stephanie ; Rasmussen, Kjeld ; Saatchi, Sassan ; Fan, Lei ; Wang, Kelin ; Zhang, Bing ; Chen, Zhengchao ; Wang, Yuhang ; Li, Xiaojun ; Fensholt, Rasmus. / Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration. I: Nature Communications. 2020 ; Bind 11, Nr. 1.

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title = "Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration",
abstract = "Land use policies have turned southern China into one of the most intensively managed forest regions in the world, with actions maximizing forest cover on soils with marginal agricultural potential while concurrently increasing livelihoods and mitigating climate change. Based on satellite observations, here we show that diverse land use changes in southern China have increased standing aboveground carbon stocks by 0.11 ± 0.05 Pg C y−1 during 2002–2017. Most of this regional carbon sink was contributed by newly established forests (32%), while forests already existing contributed 24%. Forest growth in harvested forest areas contributed 16% and non-forest areas contributed 28% to the carbon sink, while timber harvest was tripled. Soil moisture declined significantly in 8% of the area. We demonstrate that land management in southern China has been removing an amount of carbon equivalent to 33% of regional fossil CO2 emissions during the last 6 years, but forest growth saturation, land competition for food production and soil-water depletion challenge the longevity of this carbon sink service.",
author = "Xiaowei Tong and Martin Brandt and Yuemin Yue and Philippe Ciais and {Rudbeck Jepsen}, Martin and Josep Penuelas and Wigneron, {Jean Pierre} and Xiangming Xiao and Song, {Xiao Peng} and Stephanie Horion and Kjeld Rasmussen and Sassan Saatchi and Lei Fan and Kelin Wang and Bing Zhang and Zhengchao Chen and Yuhang Wang and Xiaojun Li and Rasmus Fensholt",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1038/s41467-019-13798-8",
language = "English",
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journal = "Nature Communications",
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AU - Tong, Xiaowei

AU - Brandt, Martin

AU - Yue, Yuemin

AU - Ciais, Philippe

AU - Rudbeck Jepsen, Martin

AU - Penuelas, Josep

AU - Wigneron, Jean Pierre

AU - Xiao, Xiangming

AU - Song, Xiao Peng

AU - Horion, Stephanie

AU - Rasmussen, Kjeld

AU - Saatchi, Sassan

AU - Fan, Lei

AU - Wang, Kelin

AU - Zhang, Bing

AU - Chen, Zhengchao

AU - Wang, Yuhang

AU - Li, Xiaojun

AU - Fensholt, Rasmus

PY - 2020

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N2 - Land use policies have turned southern China into one of the most intensively managed forest regions in the world, with actions maximizing forest cover on soils with marginal agricultural potential while concurrently increasing livelihoods and mitigating climate change. Based on satellite observations, here we show that diverse land use changes in southern China have increased standing aboveground carbon stocks by 0.11 ± 0.05 Pg C y−1 during 2002–2017. Most of this regional carbon sink was contributed by newly established forests (32%), while forests already existing contributed 24%. Forest growth in harvested forest areas contributed 16% and non-forest areas contributed 28% to the carbon sink, while timber harvest was tripled. Soil moisture declined significantly in 8% of the area. We demonstrate that land management in southern China has been removing an amount of carbon equivalent to 33% of regional fossil CO2 emissions during the last 6 years, but forest growth saturation, land competition for food production and soil-water depletion challenge the longevity of this carbon sink service.

AB - Land use policies have turned southern China into one of the most intensively managed forest regions in the world, with actions maximizing forest cover on soils with marginal agricultural potential while concurrently increasing livelihoods and mitigating climate change. Based on satellite observations, here we show that diverse land use changes in southern China have increased standing aboveground carbon stocks by 0.11 ± 0.05 Pg C y−1 during 2002–2017. Most of this regional carbon sink was contributed by newly established forests (32%), while forests already existing contributed 24%. Forest growth in harvested forest areas contributed 16% and non-forest areas contributed 28% to the carbon sink, while timber harvest was tripled. Soil moisture declined significantly in 8% of the area. We demonstrate that land management in southern China has been removing an amount of carbon equivalent to 33% of regional fossil CO2 emissions during the last 6 years, but forest growth saturation, land competition for food production and soil-water depletion challenge the longevity of this carbon sink service.

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