Hemiboreal Stand Development and Living Biomass Carbon Stocks: An Ontogenetic and Typology-Based Assessment Using National Forest Inventory Data.

Raimundas Petrokas, Michael Manton, Gintaras Kulbokas, Milda Muraškienė

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Raimundas PetrokasDepartment of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Liepų St. 1, LT-53101 Girionys, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-7983-1947

Michael MantonBioeconomy Research Institute, Vytautas Magnus University, Studentų St. 13, LT-53362 Akademija, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-4812-6599

Gintaras KulbokasLithuanian State Forest Service, Pramonės St. 11A, LT-51327 Kaunas, Lithuania.

Milda MuraškienėDepartment of Silviculture and Ecology, Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Liepų St. 1, LT-53101 Girionys, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-7382-1289

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Abstract

Carbon stocks in hemiboreal forests are frequently assessed using dominant-species or growing stock metrics, which may obscure ontogenetic and demographic processes governing biomass turnover. This study applied a process-based framework integrating succession theory, forest typology, and ontogenetic strategies to Lithuanian National Forest Inventory data reorganized by forest type-series. Three research expectations were evaluated: whether typology-based classification reveals patterns not visible under dominant-species reporting (H0), whether stand composition converges toward phase-typical configurations (H1), and whether fertile four-phase forests exhibit higher productivity and earlier CO

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biomass turnovercarbon dynamicscloser-to-nature forest managementforest developmentforest typologygrowing stockhemiboreal forestsNational Forest Inventoryontogenetic strategies

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PMID42588847

DOI10.3390/plants15152344

PMCPMC13467722

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