Effective woody biomass estimation in poplar short-rotation coppices - Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii

doi:10.3832/ifor4200-016

Effective woody biomass estimation in poplar short-rotation coppices - Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii

Martin Šrámek⁽¹⁾ , Jan Weger⁽²⁾, Jaroslav Bubeník⁽²⁾, Marie Matoušková⁽¹⁾, Klára Lengálová⁽¹⁾, Radim Matula⁽³⁾

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 202-209 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4200-016
Published: Jul 25, 2023 - Copyright © 2023 SISEF

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Knowledge of the quantity of woody biomass of poplar short-rotation coppice (SRC) on agricultural land is a basic tool for management decisions like rotation length, volume production and the financial balance sheet of economic activities. The expansion of SRC requires a fast, reliable, easily applicable and cheap method for estimating the biomass yield, but existing methods are based on labour-demanding and lengthy measurements of all shoots per tree. The objective of this study was to verify a novel rapid biomass estimation method that uses averaged attributes of only a few largest shoots as a predictor variable for woody biomass in a poplar SRC, hybrid clone J-105 (Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii). Using data from 39 sample stumps with 187 shoots in total, we modelled shoot biomass as a function of an increasing number of shoots in interaction with different shoot parameters at two poplar SRC plantations. Results showed that the DBH of only three of the largest shoots per stump proved to be accurate estimators of the total shoot biomass of the individual stump. Comparison of biomass estimates at the stand level with a real amount of biomass indicated differences between 6-14%, depending on the site.

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Poplar Hybrid Clone J-105, SRC, Allometric Equations, Biomass Estimation

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(1)

0000-0003-0259-9902
0000-0003-4780-4674
0000-0001-8255-9729
Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelská 3, 61300 Brno (Czech Republic)

(2)

Department of Phytoenergy, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Kvetnové nám. 391, Pruhonice, 252 43 (Czech Republic)

(3)

0000-0002-7460-0100
Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague (Czech Republic)

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Martin Šrámek
martin.sramek@mendelu.cz

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Šrámek M, Weger J, Bubeník J, Matoušková M, Lengálová K, Matula R (2023). Effective woody biomass estimation in poplar short-rotation coppices - Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii. iForest 16: 202-209. - doi: 10.3832/ifor4200-016

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Petar Antov

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Received: Aug 10, 2022
Accepted: May 11, 2023

First online: Jul 25, 2023
Publication Date: Aug 31, 2023
Publication Time: 2.50 months

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