WBC-VIII-Vol.4 – Resources – Forestry, Plantations and ... - BambuSC
WBC-VIII-Vol.4 – Resources – Forestry, Plantations and ... - BambuSC
WBC-VIII-Vol.4 – Resources – Forestry, Plantations and ... - BambuSC
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productivity (Camargo et al. 2007).Information on altitude, slope <strong>and</strong> precipitation were employed in correlation<br />
analyses with carbon in soil under guadua st<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
A total of 812.2 Tn CO2 ha -1 were estimated in average for guadua st<strong>and</strong>s in the coffee region of Colombia.<br />
Aerial carbon was estimated in 251.3 Tn CO2 ha -1 (31 %) for 6284 culms per ha, whereas 560.9 Tn CO2 ha -1 (69<br />
%) at 0.5 m of depth were calculated as stored in soils. Similar values have been registered for primary <strong>and</strong><br />
secondary forests in Colombia with 99.2 Tn ha -1 <strong>and</strong> 93.6 Tn ha -1 respectively, at 30 cm of depth (Orrego <strong>and</strong><br />
Del Valle 2001). The proportion of soil carbon regarded to biomass carbon, has been defined as higher for<br />
different authors. Lal et al. (1995) mentioned that carbon content in soils could be up to three times more than in<br />
living organisms. In the same way, within forest the soil carbon is 1.5 times more than in biomass (Brown<br />
1997).<br />
Correlation analysis showed positive <strong>and</strong> statistically significant relationships (P