Carbon sequestration in temperate silvopastoral systems, Argentina

PERI, PABLO; BANEGAS, NATALIA; GASPARRI, IGNACIO; CARRANZA, CARLOS A.; ROSSNER, BELÉN; MARTINEZ PASTUR, GUILLERMO; CAVALLERO, LAURA; LÓPEZ, DARDO R.; LOTO, DANTE; FERNANDEZ, PEDRO; POWEL, PRISCILA; LEDESMA, MARCELA; PEDRAZA, RAÚL; ALBANESI, ADA; BAHAMONDE, HECTOR

Integrating landscapes: Agroforestry for biodiversity conservation and food sovereignty

Springer

Lugar: New York; Año: 2017; p. 453 - 478

Silvopastoral systems (SPS) provide a wide range of non-provisioning ecosystem services including carbon (C) sequestration. In this Chapter, C sequestration information from native forests and tree plantations under silvopastoral management in Argentina is provided. C sequestration at stand level (including importance of soil, stand age, site quality and crown classes on the magnitude of C pools in above- and below-biomass and forest floor pools) and landscape level also are provided. Results highlight the importance of SPS as efficient carbon sink ecosystems. C storage in these SPS assist to understand the importance of rapidly increasing level of CO2 in the atmosphere and its potential effect on global climate change.