ESTIMATION OF CARBON EMISSIONS FROM EXPERIMENTAL FIRES IN YOUNG ANATOLIAN BLACK PINE (Pinus nigra Arnold) PLANTATIONS

Kucuk O., BİLGİLİ E.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.19, ss.676-681, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.676-681
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper presents and discusses the direct carbon emissions from experimental fires in young Anatolian black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) plantation stands. The estimates were based on eighteen experimental fires carried out under different weather and fuel conditions. Total fuel loading in plots ranged from 2.14 to 3.09 kg m(-2), fuel consumption from 1.36 to 2.09 kg m(-2), consumption ratio from 54 to 87%, respectively. The amount of total carbon emission ranged from 0.298 to 0.918 kg m(-2). Factors affecting the amount of carbon emissions were fuel loading, burned area and consumption ratio. The results will be useful to understand the role of forest fires in C emissions, and help meet the requirements of the international agreements and regulations, such as Kyoto Protocol as well as Land Use and Land Use Change in Forestry Program (LULUCF).