Research Article
Influence of an Ice Storm on Aboveground Biomass of Subtropical Evergreen Broadleaf Forest in Lechang, Nanling Mountains of Southern China
Table 6
Variation in biomass and tree numbers following the 2008 ice storm.
| | Plot number | Aboveground biomass (t ha−1) | Biomass of dead trees | Tree numbers (ha−1) |
Survival rate (%) | | 2008 | 2011 (new trees) | Variation | (t ha−1) | 2008 | 2011 (New trees) |
| | SD01 | 62.7 | 65.5 (0.1) | 2.8 | 9.8 | 8942 | 6592 (150) | 72 | | SD02 | 75.7 | 73.6 (0.1) | −2.1 | 12.2 | 5967 | 5142 (117) | 84 | | SD03 | 86.3 | 84.6 (0.2) | −1.7 | 17.9 | 7650 | 6542 (208) | 83 | | SD04 | 141.2 | 124.5 (0.2) | −16.7 | 31.4 | 4700 | 3700 (233) | 74 | | SD05 | 78.1* | 85.0 (0.15) | 6.9 | 8.9 | 4480 | 3683 (150) | 85 | | SD06 | 79.7* | 92.1 (0.15) | 12.4 | 3.4 | 4825 | 4525 (101) | 94 | | SD07 | 85.1* | 102.8 (0.08) | 17.7 | 3.7 | 6589 | 5525 (87) | 88 |
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These figures were estimated from 2009 and 2011 data.
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