Table 1

C stocks, annual harvest and substitution averaged over 300 years

Equation 3

Cecosystem

Cproducts

ΔCecosystem (300)

Substitutionproduucts (300)

Substitutionenergy (300)


System

Average C stock in ecosystem [t C ha-1]

Average C stock in products [t C ha-1]

Average annual harvest [t C ha-1 yr-1]

Average annual substitution in products [t C ha-1 yr-1]

Average annual substitution in energy [t C ha-1 yr-1]


high

medium

low

high

medium

low

high

medium

low

high

medium

low

high

medium

low


Forestry

Picea, timber

217

191

166

108

93

77

2.3

1.96

1.6

0.19

0.16

0.13

0.94

0.81

0.67

Picea, energy

249

217

187

59

51

42

1.9

1.62

1.3

0

0

0

0.87

0.74

0.60

Fagus, timber

232

216

200

50

46

43

1.9

1.76

1.6

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.88

0.82

0.76

Fagus,

399

372

345

28

26

24

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

conservation

Cropland

Hardwood

158.5

27.9

1.09

0.04

0.48

afforestation

Populus, energy

81.1

15.0

7.57

0

4.23

Populus, pulp

86.3

125.1

6.81

1.29 - 9.94

3.19

Triticum, energy

21.5

12.1

6.09

0

2.96

Triticum, food + energy

21.5

6.1

6.09

0

1.84

Triticum, food grains

42.2

0

3.04

0

0


The allocation of C to the various product pools, mean residence times and assumptions about reuse and recycling are given in Tables 1 and 2. High, medium and low represent different site indices of productivity for the forestry options

Böttcher et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2012 7:5   doi:10.1186/1750-0680-7-5

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