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Table 1.2 Total Net Primary Production (NPP) of Italian forest ecosystems
Parameter

Unit value (g
C m 2 y − 1 )

Total carbon ixed in Italian forest
ecosystems (Mt C y − 1 )

Comments

135-145 11.82-12.70 Inventory approach (Chap. 4 )

Italian forest area from INFC ( 2005 )

NPP (only aboveground biomass, 2005)

40.5435 3.55-3.81 Based on inventory approach (Chap. 4 ) and

elaborated considering a mean value of the
root/shoot ratio (R) of the main Italian for-
est types equal to 0.30 (Federici et al. 2008 )
Italian forest area from INFC ( 2005 )

NPP (only below ground biomass, 2005)

176-189 15.37-16.51

NPP forest tree biomass (below + above ground) in
2005

Simulated NPP (all forest carbon pools) total 300-450 26.72-40.08 Modeling approach (Chap. 5 )

The national area of Italian forest types has
been derived from Corine Land Cover 2006
(CLC 2006 )

317 6.67

• Mediterranean shrub land

420 3.02

• Holm oak and evergreen woods

• Woods mainly planted with Mediterranean pine
trees and/or cypresses

368 0.73

320 0.23

• Hygrophilous forests

302 3.17

• Broad-leaved woods and plantations with non
native species

• Deciduous mixed oaks woods 402 7.98

467 3.54

• Chestnut woods

381 3.5

• Beech forests

• Woods mainly planted with pine-trees in
the sub-alpine and alpine areas (Silver ir and red ir
woods)

407 3.52

372 0.81

• Black pine and mountain pine woods

• Conifers woods and plantations of non native
species

392 0.09