Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2487-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2487-2021
Research article
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20 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 20 Apr 2021

Isoprene and monoterpene emissions from alder, aspen and spruce short-rotation forest plantations in the United Kingdom

Gemma Purser, Julia Drewer, Mathew R. Heal, Robert A. S. Sircus, Lara K. Dunn, and James I. L. Morison

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Biosphere Atmosphere Interactions Group A. B. Guenther https://sites.google.com/uci.edu/bai/megan/history?authuser=0

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Short-rotation forest plantations could help reduce greenhouse gases but can emit biogenic volatile organic compounds. Emissions were measured at a plantation trial in Scotland. Standardised emissions of isoprene from foliage were higher from hybrid aspen than from Sitka spruce and low from Italian alder. Emissions of total monoterpene were lower. The forest floor was only a small source. Model estimates suggest an SRF expansion of 0.7 Mha could increase total UK emissions between < 1 %–35 %.
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