Assessing forest understory biomass in northwest Florida (USA) and its potential to meet the state energy needs

被引：1

作者：

Marian MARINESCU ^{[1
]}

Puneet DWIVEDI ^{[2
]}

Jarek NOWAK ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] FPInnovations, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada

[2] School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville 32601, USA

[3] Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee 32399, USA

来源：

Forest Ecosystems | 2011年 / 04期

关键词：

bioenergy; biomass; Florida; United States; forest understory; moisture content;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

S718.5 [森林生态学];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

A stratified random sampling approach was employed to quantify total biomass across prevalent non-commercial forest understory species found in six counties of northwest Florida, USA. The moisture content (wet basis) and calorific values of these species were also measured. Total green biomass from forest understory species was estimated to be around 12 million metric tons, mostly comprised of Cliftonia monophylla (titi, buckwheat tree) and Cyrilla racemiflora (white titi, swamp titi). This understory forest biomass would be sufficient to generate about 28.8 million GJ of electricity or 1589.25 million liters of ethanol. A need was identified to determine the inventory of forest understory biomass at the state level and assess the overall sustainability of utilizing forest understory biomass for bioenergy.

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页码：303 / 310

页数：8