An assessment of oil palm plantation aboveground biomass stocks on tropical peat using destructive and non-destructive methods
dc.contributor.author | Lewis, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Rumpang, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Kho, LK | |
dc.contributor.author | McCalmont, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Teh, YA | |
dc.contributor.author | Gallego-Sala, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Hill, TC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-21T14:55:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | The recent expansion of oil palm (OP, Elaeis guineensis) plantations into tropical forest peatlands has resulted in ecosystem carbon emissions. However, estimates of net carbon flux from biomass changes require accurate estimates of the above ground biomass (AGB) accumulation rate of OP on peat. We quantify the AGB stocks of an OP plantation on drained peat in Malaysia from 3 to 12 years after planting using destructive harvests supported by non-destructive surveys of a further 902 palms. Peat specific allometric equations for palm (R2 = 0.92) and frond biomass are developed and contrasted to existing allometries for OP on mineral soils. Allometries are used to upscale AGB estimates to the plantation block-level. Aboveground biomass stocks on peat accumulated at ~6.39 ± 1.12 Mg ha-1 per year in the first 12 years after planting, increasing to ~7.99 ± 0.95 Mg ha-1 yr-1 when a 'perfect' plantation was modelled. High inter-palm and inter-block AGB variability was observed in mature classes as a result of variations in palm leaning and mortality. Validation of the allometries defined and expansion of non-destructive inventories across alternative plantations and age classes on peat would further strengthen our understanding of peat OP AGB accumulation rates. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Malaysian Palm Oil Board | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 10, article 2230 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-020-58982-9 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/40953 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Nature Research | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2020.Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Te images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.title | An assessment of oil palm plantation aboveground biomass stocks on tropical peat using destructive and non-destructive methods | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-21T14:55:33Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Nature Research via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Scientific Reports | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-01-20 | |
exeter.funder | ::Malaysian Palm Oil Board | en_GB |
exeter.funder | ::Malaysian Palm Oil Board | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-02-10 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-02-21T14:52:46Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-02-21T14:55:43Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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