Carbon stocks and sequestration in hardwood floodplain forests in the Lower Middle Elbe

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Hardwood floodplain forests are species-rich but now rare habitats along the major rivers in Germany. In the active floodplain of the Elbe, they are in conflict between nature conservation and flood protection. Larger floodplain forests can still be found in the old floodplain of the Elbe, in the muddy water zone or on tributaries of the Elbe. How do the various forests differ in terms of carbon stocks and carbon sequestration? I would like to get to the bottom of this question in the lecture. It is also relevant because floodplain forests are to be developed both in the active floodplain and in the old floodplain.

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