Can Joint Carbon and Biodiversity Management in Tropical Agroforestry Landscapes Be Optimized?
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- Managing ecosystems for carbon storage may also benefit biodiversity conservation, but such a potential 'win-win' scenario has not yet been assessed for tropical agroforestry landscapes. We measured above-and below-ground carbon stocks as well as the species richness of four groups of plants and eight of animals on 14 representative plots in Sulawesi, Indonesia, ranging from natural rainforest to cacao agroforests that have replaced former natural forest. The conversion of natural forests with carbon stocks of 227-362 Mg C ha\(^{-1}\) toManaging ecosystems for carbon storage may also benefit biodiversity conservation, but such a potential 'win-win' scenario has not yet been assessed for tropical agroforestry landscapes. We measured above-and below-ground carbon stocks as well as the species richness of four groups of plants and eight of animals on 14 representative plots in Sulawesi, Indonesia, ranging from natural rainforest to cacao agroforests that have replaced former natural forest. The conversion of natural forests with carbon stocks of 227-362 Mg C ha\(^{-1}\) to agroforests with 82-211 Mg C ha\(^{-1}\) showed no relationships to overall biodiversity but led to a significant loss of forest-related species richness. We conclude that the conservation of the forest-related biodiversity, and to a lesser degree of carbon stocks, mainly depends on the preservation of natural forest habitats. In the three most carbon-rich agroforestry systems, carbon stocks were about 60% of those of natural forest, suggesting that 1.6 ha of optimally managed agroforest can contribute to the conservation of carbon stocks as much as 1 ha of natural forest. However, agroforestry systems had comparatively low biodiversity, and we found no evidence for a tight link between carbon storage and biodiversity. Yet, potential win-win agroforestry management solutions include combining high shade-tree quality which favours biodiversity with cacao-yield adapted shade levels.…
Autor(en): | Michael Kessler, Dietrich Hertel, Hermann F. Jungkunst, Jürgen Kluge, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Merijn Bos, Damayanti Buchori, Gerhard Gerold, S. Robbert Gradstein, Stefan Köhler, Christoph Leuschner, Gerald Moser, Ramadhanil Pitopang, Shahabuddin Saleh, Christian H. Schulze, Simone G. Sporn, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Sri S. Tjitrosoedirdjo, Teja Tscharntke |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-132016 |
Dokumentart: | Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift |
Institute der Universität: | Fakultät für Biologie / Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch): | PLoS One |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
Band / Jahrgang: | 7 |
Heft / Ausgabe: | 10 |
Seitenangabe: | e47192 |
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle: | PLoS One 7(10): e47192. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047192 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047192 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | balance; conversion; diversity; forest soils; root; sequestration; stocks |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 12.01.2017 |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung |