[Estimation of carbon release from shrubs, herbages and litters in Daxing' an Mountains by forest fires in 1980-1999,].

By using emission factor (EF), this paper estimated the carbon release and the emission of carbon-containing gases from the shrubs, herbages and litters in main forest types in Daxing' an Mountains by forest fires in 1980-1999. The results showed that the EF of shrubs, herbages and litters differed in different forest types, with the maximum and minimum EF of CO2 being 93.08% and 82.56%, respectively in Ledum palustre - Larix gmelinii forest and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica forest, the maximum EF of CO and C(X)H(Y) being 10.25% and 0.84%, respectively in P. sylvestris var. mongolica forest, and the minimum EF of CO and C(X)H(Y) being 6.55% and 0.30%, respectively in L. palustre - L. gmelinii forest. Combined with the data of biomass and carbon storage of shrubs, herbages and litters in different forests, it was estimated that the total carbon release from shrubs, herbages and litters by forest fires from 1980 to 1999 accounted for 6.56 Tg and 0.33 Tg x a(-1), occupying 11.55%-16.30% of the total annual emissions in China by forest fires, and the emission of CO2, CO and C(x)H(y) was 22.03 Tg, accounting for 85.20%, 14.21% and 0.59% of the total carbon-containing gases emission, respectively.