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Biomass Distribution in Forest and Grassland
Results 1) Grassland

Component | Biomass, kg | Biomass, kg haˉ¹ | Percentage, % | Litter | 0.00275 | 110 | 2.95 | Standing live | 0.02795 | 1118 | 29.94 | Roots | 0.06265 | 2506 | 67.11 | Standing dead | 0 | 0 | 0 | Crowns | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total | 0.09335 | 3734 | 100 |
Table: Data of biomass in grassland convert value to kg ha-1
From the TABLE, it shows that root or below-ground biomass in grassland is greater than biomass of above-ground of litter and standing live which is in total on 32.89 per cent if compare to roots biomass about 67.11 per cent.

Graph: Graph show the differentiation on biomass distribution in grassland according to its components
From the graph, it show clearly the distinct differentiation of above-ground and below-ground biomass.

2) Forest

Species | Dbh, cm | Component | Biomass, kg | Biomass, kghaˉ¹ | Acacia mangium (1) | 62 | Twigs | 10.1672 | 1016.72 | | | Leaves | 46.3178 | 4631.78 | | | Branches | 520.9571 | 52095.71 | | | Stem bark | 175.5983 | 17559.83 | | | Stem wood | 1156.2939 | 115629.39 | | | Root crown | 400.9602 | 40096.02 | | | Root | 496.4269 | 49642.69 | | | Trunk | 1372.8524 | 137285.24 | | | Total | 4179.5738 | 417957.38 | Acacia mangium (2) | 81 | Twigs | 15.9779 | 1597.79 | | | Leaves | 72.7883 | 7278.83 | | | Branches | 966.7759 | 96677.59 | | | Stem bark | 299.5889 | 29958.89 | | | Stem wood | 2125.8316 | 212583.16 | | | Root crown | 731.0021 | 73100.21 | | | Root | 905.0502 | 90505.02 | | | Trunk | 3156.4226 | 315642.26 | | | Total | 8273.4375 | 827343.75 |
Table: Show the data collected between 2 tree species on the forest vegetation according to the components
Grassland in forest Components | Biomass, kg | Biomass, kg ha-1 | Percentage, % | Litter | 0.01885 | 754 | 8.76 | Roots | 0.08545 | 3418 | 39.68 | Standing live | 0.1110 | 4440 | 51.56 | Total | 0.2153 | 8612 | 100 |

Table: Data of


References: Jukka Miettinen & Soo Chin Liew (2009).Estimation of biomass distribution in Peninsular Malaysia and in the islands of Sumatra, Java and Borneo based on multi-resolution remote sensing land cover analysis Mackey BG, Keith H, Berry SL and Lindenmayer DB, (2008) Green Carbon. The role of natural forests in carbon storage, A green carbon account of Australia’s south-eastern Eucalypt forest, and policy implications http://epress.anu.edu.au/green_carbon/pdf/whole_book.pdf Scurlock, J.M.O.; Johnson, K. and Olson, R.J. (2002). Estimating net primary productivity from grassland biomass dynamics measurements”. Global Change Biology 8: 736. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00512.x, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118961406/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
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