Development of Allometric Model for Estimating Biomass and Carbon Storage of Hybrid Eucalyptus (E. grandis x E. urophylla) in Industrial Plantation Forests of North Sumatra Province

Authors

  • Ronald Hot Marnaek Tropical Biodiversity Conservation Study Program, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University
  • Yudi Setiawan Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University; Center for Environmental Research, IPB University
  • Rachmad Hermawan Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University
  • Muhdin Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23960/jsl.v12i3.951

Abstract

Hybrid eucalyptus (E. grandis × E. urophylla) plays an important role in the global carbon cycle because it grows so fast that it is necessary to know how much biomass and carbon are produced. This study aims to develop an allometric equation for estimating the biomass and carbon content stored in Eucalyptus stands. Data were obtained through destructive sampling of 75 trees, then dried in an oven and analyzed to get the most appropriate biomass value and allometric model. The study results showed that the developed polynomial model correlated well with DBH to predict biomass with an R-squared of 97.50. Age 1 with an average diameter of 3.23 cm = 2.50 tons C/ha or 9.17 tons of CO2e, age 2 with an average diameter of 9.33 = 21.30 tons C/ha or 78.16 tons CO2e, age 3 with an average diameter of 9.49 cm = 22.50 tons C/ha or 82.57 tons CO2e, age 4 with an average diameter of 11.62 cm = 38.61 tons C/ha or 141.68 tons CO2e, age 5 with an average diameter of 12.63 cm = 46.42 tons C/ha or 170.37 tons CO2e. The carbon stock results show that as the age of the stand increases, the carbon reserves stored also increase.

Keywords: allometric model, biomass, carbon stock, hybrid eucalyptus

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

25-10-2024

How to Cite

Marnaek, R. H., Setiawan, Y., Hermawan, R., & Muhdin. (2024). Development of Allometric Model for Estimating Biomass and Carbon Storage of Hybrid Eucalyptus (E. grandis x E. urophylla) in Industrial Plantation Forests of North Sumatra Province. Jurnal Sylva Lestari, 12(3), 948–961. https://doi.org/10.23960/jsl.v12i3.951

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024): September

Section

Articles

Statistics

 Abstract views: 101 times
 PDF downloaded: 74 times

Metrics

License

Copyright (c) 2024 Ronald Hot Marnaek, Yudi Setiawan, Rachmad Hermawan, Muhdin

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).