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Biomass, carbon and nitrogen in single tree components of grey poplar (Populus × canescens) in an uncultivated habitat in Van, Turkey

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The biomass, carbon and nitrogen storage in the single tree components (foliage, branch, crown, bark, stem and total aboveground) of the grey poplar (Populus × canescens) in its distribution in Eastern Anatolia (Van, Turkey) were determined and modelled. The biomass, carbon and nitrogen storages were not estimated at a stand level but were based on single trees. Regression models based on the tree diameter at breast height (DBH) and total tree height (H) were developed to estimate the biomass, carbon (C) storage and nitrogen (N) storage of the different tree components of a total of 28 grey poplar trees. The two main regression models in the power function were developed based only on the DBH (Model 1) and the combination of the DBH and height (D2H) (Model 2). All regression models, except for those of the foliage components, developed to estimate the biomass and C and N storages of the tree components were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). The partitioning of the total aboveground biomass in the bark, foliage, branches and stems was 0.7, 9, 17 and 73%, respectively. The average C concentrations of the tree components ranged from 48 (foliage) to 50% (bark, branch and stem), while the N concentrations ranged from 0.35 (stem) to 1.32% (foliage). Higher biomass and lower nitrogen concentrations of foliage compared with cultivated poplars were likely related to the natural site conditions, low soil nitrogen and/or characteristics of single tree growth.

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The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers and editor for their many insightful comments and suggestions. This study contains data from the Master of Science thesis entitled “Single tree biomass estimation of the grey poplar (Populus x canescens) in Van region” prepared by Yüksel Özcan under the supervision of Dr. Ender Makineci in the Science Institute of Istanbul University. The authors also thank Dr. Hatice Yilmaz from Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Faculty of Forestry, Vocational School, for the determination of grey poplar species in the study, and Dr. Serdar Akburak for his help with CN analyses in laboratory.

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  2. Faculty of Forestry, Forest Yield and Biometry Department, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Bahcekoy, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey

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Özcan, Y., Makineci, E. & Özdemir, E. Biomass, carbon and nitrogen in single tree components of grey poplar (Populus × canescens) in an uncultivated habitat in Van, Turkey. Environ Monit Assess 192, 363 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08263-9

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