Jurnal Sylva Lestari
Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024): September

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

Marnaek, Ronald Hot (Unknown)
Setiawan, Yudi (Unknown)
Hermawan, Rachmad (Unknown)
Muhdin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Oct 2024

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

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JHT

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Earth & Planetary Sciences Energy Environmental Science Materials Science & Nanotechnology

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Jurnal Sylva Lestari (JSL) [P-ISSN 2339-0913 | E-ISSN 2549-5747] publishes original research articles related to all aspects of forestry and environmental sciences which includes, but not limited to the following topics: forest and natural resources management, biodiversity conservation and ...