First: The rules of ecology (F.A. Bazzaz)
I. Global Carbon Cycle
II. Carbon Budgets of Landscapes
III. Species Diversity Issues
FOREST compartment mass carbon (kg/m^2) (kg/m^2) ------------------------------ live biomass 28 14 (Ajtay et al. 1979) dead wood 2.66 1.33 (Harmon et al. 1986) litter 3 1.5 (Ajtay et al. 1979) soil OM 12 (Ajtay et al. 1979) TOTAL 29 GRASSLAND compartment mass carbon (kg/m^2) (kg/m^2) ------------------------------ live biomass 2.1 1.05 (Ajtay et al. 1979) dead wood 0 0 litter 0.5 0.25 (Ajtay et al. 1979) soil OM 14 (Ajtay et al. 1979) TOTAL 15 CULTIVATED LANDcompartment mass carbon (kg/m^2) (kg/m^2) ------------------------------ live biomass 0.1 0.05 (Ajtay et al. 1979) dead wood 0 0 litter 00.5 0.025 (Ajtay et al. 1979) soil OM 8 (Ajtay et al. 1979) TOTAL 8 SUMMARY compartment forest grassland cropland (kg/m^2) (kg/m^2) (kg/m^2) ------------------------------------------------- live biomass 14 1.1 0.1 dead wood 1.3 0 0 litter 1.5 0.3 0.1 soil OM 12 14 8 TOTALS 29 15 8
Relative intensity of vegetation over North America using AVHRR data integrated from April to November
1982. Ibid, Figure 32.