Yield and household consumption of Rhododendron arboreum as a fuelwood species in Eastern Nepal

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.12.016

	Yield and household consumption of Rhododendron arboreum as a fuelwood species in Eastern Nepal
	Ranjitkar, Sailesh 1,2; Sujakhu, Nani Maiya 1,3; Jati, Raju 4; Xu, Jianchu1,2 ; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich 1,2
通讯作者	Xu, JC (reprint author), Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Biodivers & Biogeog East Asia KLPB, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China. ; J.C.Xu@cgiar.org ; schmidt-vogt@mail.kib.ac.cn
	2014-02-01
发表期刊	BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
ISSN	0961-9534
卷号	61 页码:245-253
摘要	Rhododendron arboreum Sm. is commonly used for fuelwood in mountainous regions of the Eastern Himalaya, however nothing is known about rates of extraction versus the annual increment capacity of the species in terms of biomass. In the study area, fuelwood is the major source of energy. We conducted household surveys and ecological surveys in and near two settlements to assess both fuelwood consumption and existing above ground biomass of R. arboreum. According to local residents, this species contributes 20-25% to household fuelwood requirements, while forest surveys and a survey of freshly cut stumps indicate that 15% of trees felled for fuelwood were R. arboreum. Trees were mostly young, comprised about 20% of all tree species in the forest, and accounted for 70.41 x 10(3) kg ha(-1) biomass in average. The biomass of felled trees was calculated as 8.71 x 10(3) kg ha(-1) at the time of study. Simulation based on the current rates of extraction and increment showed that the species will be in a critical condition in future at most of the monitored sites. In some places however, biomass was found to increase in spite of ongoing extraction. The results indicate that there is an urgent need of forest management which in a first step can be achieved through rotational harvesting that allows forest stands to regenerate and build up biomass. In addition, depletion of rhododendron stands can be reduced by economic development through ecotourism on the theme of rhododendrons, and by providing access to alternative sources of energy. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Rhododendron Arboreum Biomass Woodfuel Kanchenjunga Conservation Area Eastern Himalaya
学科领域	Agricultural Engineering ; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ; Energy & Fuels
DOI	10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.12.016
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000332805400025
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/18066
专题	资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
作者单位	1.Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Biodivers & Biogeog East Asia KLPB, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China 2.East Asia Node, World Agroforestry Ctr, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming, Peoples R China 4.Resources Himalaya, Environm Grad Himalaya, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ranjitkar, Sailesh,Sujakhu, Nani Maiya,Jati, Raju,et al. Yield and household consumption of Rhododendron arboreum as a fuelwood species in Eastern Nepal[J]. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY,2014,61:245-253.
APA	Ranjitkar, Sailesh,Sujakhu, Nani Maiya,Jati, Raju,Xu, Jianchu,&Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich.(2014).Yield and household consumption of Rhododendron arboreum as a fuelwood species in Eastern Nepal.BIOMASS & BIOENERGY,61,245-253.
MLA	Ranjitkar, Sailesh,et al."Yield and household consumption of Rhododendron arboreum as a fuelwood species in Eastern Nepal".BIOMASS & BIOENERGY 61(2014):245-253.

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