TY - GEN A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk T1 - Chancen und Risiken der Agraholzproduktion für den Gewässerschutz T2 - Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft Y1 - 2011 IS - 4 SP - 667 EP - 673 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tsonkova, Penka A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Böhm, Christian ED - Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa ED - Pantera, Anastasia ED - Rosati, A. ED - Amaral, J. ED - Smith, J. ED - Rigueiro-Rodriguez, A. ED - Watté, J. ED - Dupraz, Christian T1 - Assessment of ecosystem services provided by alley cropping systems for biomass production in Germany T2 - 1st European Agroforestry Conference 9-10 October 2012, Brussels, Book of Abstratcs N2 - Alley cropping systems which integrate strips of short rotation coppices into conventional agricultural sites (ACS) have recently gained increasing interest in Germany. These ACS can be used for the simultaneous production of crops and woody biomass which enables farmers to diversify the provision of market goods. Integrating trees into the agricultural landscape can create additional benefits for the farmer and society also known as ecosystem services (ES). The scientific literature suggests that ACS are able to provide additional benefits as compared to conventional agriculture. Among the important ES provided by ACS are carbon sequestration, soil fertility, water quality, groundwater recharge, and biodiversity. However, assessment methods are required which are easy to use and provide reliable information regarding change in ES with change of the land use practice. In this context, our aim was to develop a methodology to assess selected ES provided by ACS in Germany. For this purpose an indicator set was selected from the literature and linked with the relevant ES previously identified. Furthermore, a model was developed to facilitate the calculation of the indicators. The results showed that ACS established at agricultural sites have higher capacity to provide ES as compared to single-crop agriculture. The capacity of ACS with 50% trees is higher than the capacity of ACS with 30% trees which suggests that the capacity of the system to provide ES increases with increased proportion of trees. The methodology seems to be a promising tool to facilitate the assessment of ES provided by the land management practices considered. In the long term this measurement approach can be broadened to include monetary evaluation of ES. This will enable rewarding farmers for providing environmental benefits therefore, accurately compensating them for the outputs supplied. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-84-96351-79-0 SP - 60 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tsonkova, Penka A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Burkhard, B. ED - Crossmann, N. ED - Nedkov, S. T1 - Selection of indicators to assess ecosystem services provided by alley cropping system T2 - Book of abstracts of the 4th ESP Conference 2011 - Ecosystem Services: integrating Science and Practice; Workshop 1: Quantifying, mapping, and modeling of ecosystem services, held 4-7 October in Wageningen, Netherlands Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.espconference.org/downloadattachment/79653/64887/Book%20of%20abstracts%20-%20Workshop%201.pdf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Wöllecke, Jens A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. T1 - Agroforestry Systems - Contribution of Alley Cropping to Ecosystem Services T2 - Proceedings of the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA 2010 International Annual Meeting held in Long Beach, CA (USA) Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 N2 - Alley cropping system is an agroforestry practice in which arable crops are cultivated between tree hedgerows. For more than 15 ye ars we have been doing research in agroforestry which has been carried out on different experimental sites in the field covering about 250 acres of alley cropping, more areas with short rotation coppice, and other tree-based field experiments located close to C ottbus / Germany. The presence of woody species in the alley cropping production system has been shown to contribute significantly to carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, improved water availability for crops, stimulation of higher soil faunal activities, soil erosion control, soil fertility improvement and sustained levels of crop production. Alley cropping systems have also come into focus for reclamation of post-mining areas where the initial content of soil organic matter (SOM) is generally close to zero and soil fertility is very low. The increase of SOM in reclamation areas depends on amount of biomass production and return to soil, and mechanisms of C protection. Production of Robinia pseudoacacia L. under alley cropping system has received considerable interest in these areas as an alternative to agricultural crops and an additional wood source, while acting as a potential C sink to counterbalance greenhouse gases emissions. The woody biomass accumulation of R. pseudoacacia reached 29.8 t drymass ha-1 after 6 years of establishment on reclaimed mine sites in northeastern Germany. Due to its high potential of litterfall production and N2 fixation, R. pseudoacacia contributed to improve soil physical, chemical and biological properties though increasing SOM, converting spoils into productive and sustainable soils. For this reason, in the temperate zone, agroforestry systems attract more and more public attention as they offer a promising and comprising way for adapting agricultural production to climate change and providing comprehensive ecosystem services. A comprehensive assessment of the ecosystem services in agroforestry systems in temperate regions should consider the potential to produce biomass and food, the evaluation of the carbon and nutrient budgets, the assessment of the potential impact of agroforestry on biodiversity at landscape scale and finally the exploration of the sustainability functions and socio-economic cross-cutting issues. These key parameters are relevant to policy by providing current and reliable information on the interactions between land management, ecosystem services and society. Y1 - 2010 UR - https://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2010am/webprogram/Paper61252.html PB - American Society of Agronomy [u.a.] CY - Madison, Wis. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tsonkova, Penka A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Moog, Martin T1 - Assessment of carbon sequestration provided by alley cropping systems for biomas production in Germany T2 - Tagungsband zur 12. Forstwissenschaftlichen Tagung an der Technischen Universität München vom 19. bis 22. September 2012 Ausger Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-7939-0910-1 SP - 268 PB - Sauerländer CY - Bad Orb ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. ED - Ashton, Sarah F. ED - Workman, Sarah ED - Hubbard, William G. ED - Moorhead, David T1 - Short rotation coppice in post-mining landscapes - a promising land use system for biomass production in marginal regions T2 - Agroforestry: A Profitable Land Use, Proceedings, 12th North American Agroforestry Conference, Athens, GA, June 4-9, 2011 Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.sref.info/resources/publications/the-12th-north-american-agroforestry-conference-agroforestry-a-profitable-land-use-1/at_download/file ER - TY - THES A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar T1 - Studies on the carbon cycle of short rotation coppices Y1 - 2013 CY - Cottbus ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Carrero Bastos, Lina Tatiana A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Böhm, Christian T1 - Root distribution of black locust trees in an alley cropping system T2 - Bäume in der Land(wirt)schaft - von der Theorie in die Praxis, Tagungsband mit Beiträgen des 5. Forums Agroforstsysteme 30.11. bis 01.12.2016 in Senftenberg (OT Brieske) N2 - In a five-year old alley cropping system in Brandenburg, Germany, the extension of the root system of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) trees into the neighbouring agricultural field alleys was investigated. Along transects between the hedgerows and the middle of the neighbouring field alleys, samples were collected at distances of 1.30, 4.3 and 49.3 m to the hedgerow border and for the soil depths 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60 cm by using an auger with a diameter of 8 cm. Roots were separated from the soil by means of washing and sieving. The root samples were then sorted and analysed for root length densities and dry masses. The results indicate a logarithmic decrease of root length densities and root masses of black locust with increasing distance to the trees, although, the number of positive samples was too small to conduct a substantiated statistical analysis. In result, the authors assume that the tree roots did not extend into the agricultural alley for the considered soil depths substantially, but, nevertheless, suggest a modified sampling method or/and the investigation of older tree stands for future studies. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-41487 SN - 978-3-940471-27-7 SP - 163 EP - 167 PB - BTU CY - Cottbus ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Veste, Maik A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk T1 - Estimation of biological nitrogen fixation by black locust in short-rotation forests using natural 15N abundance method T2 - EGU General Assembly 2012, held 22-27 April, 2012 in Vienna N2 - The importance of short rotation forests and agroforestry systems for woody biomass production for bioenergy will increase in Central Europe within the next decades. In this context, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) has a high growth potential especially at marginal, drought-susceptible sites such as occur in Brandenburg State (Eastern Germany). As a pioneer tree species black locust grows under a wide range of site conditions. The native range of black locust in Northern America is classified by a humid to sub-humid climate with a mean annual precipitation of 1020 to 1830 mm. In Central and Eastern Europe, this species is cultivated in a more continental climate with an annual precipitation often below 600 mm. Therefore, black locust is known to be relatively drought tolerant compared to other temperate, deciduous tree species. Because of its N2-fixation ability black locust plays generally an important role for the improvement of soil fertility. This effect is of particular interest at marginal sites in the post-mining landscapes. In order to estimate the N2-fixation potential of black locust at marginal sites leaf samples were taken from black locust trees in short rotation plantations planted between 1995 and 2007 in post-mining sites south of Cottbus (Brandenburg, NE Germany). The variation of the natural 15N abundance was measured to evaluate the biological nitrogen fixation. The nitrogen derived from the atmosphere can be calculated using a two-pool model from the quotient of the natural 15N abundances of the N2-fixing plant and the plant available soil N. Because representatively determining the plant available soil N is difficult, a non-N2-fixing reference plant growing at the same site with a similar root system and temporal N uptake pattern to the N2-fixing plant is often used. In our case we used red oak (Quercus rubra) as a reference. The average nitrogen content in the leaves of black locust ranged from 3.1% (C/N 14.8) in 15 years old trees to 3.4% (C/N 14.4) in 3 year-old trees, respectively. A higher content of nitrogen was found in leaves of re-sprouted trees with 4.3% (C/N 11.5). The estimated percentage of nitrogen derived from the atmosphere (% NdfA) in black locust was 63% – 83% compared to 56% in seabuckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) and 79% in common broom (Genista scuparia). The annual leaf biomass production of black locust varied between 1325 (2 years old trees) and 2576 kg/ha a (4 years old trees). The estimated leaf nitrogen fixed by Robinia was approx. 30.5 - 59.2 kg/ha a. From the results, we can conclude that the biological nitrogen fixation by Robina is an important factor for the nitrogen balance of short-rotation plantations on nutrient poor-soils. Y1 - 2012 UR - http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/EGU2012-4186.pdf N1 - EGU2012-4186 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Janus, Tomasz A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Böhm, Christian T1 - Depth gradient of soil C, N and S contents in an alley cropping system for biomass production T2 - Bäume in der Land(wirt)schaft - von der Theorie in die Praxis, Tagungsband mit Beiträgen des 5. Forums Agroforstsysteme 30.11. bis 01.12.2016 in Senftenberg (OT Brieske) N2 - In a six-year-old alley cropping system with fast growing trees for biomass production (ACS), the depth distribution of soil contents of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) under the trees (poplar) and under the neighbouring agricultural field was investigated. The measured soil contents were usual for agricultural sites and showed a significant decrease with increasing soil depth under the trees. These results might indicate that the introduction of trees into agricultural areas leads to an alteration of the soil distribution pattern of C, N, S from a pattern typical for agricultural soils (more or less constant values at least within the ploughing horizon from 0-30 cm) to a pattern more typical for forest ecosystems (comparatively higher values in the topsoil, lower values in the deeper soil). However, for more reliable results measurements should be repeated and preferably older stands should be investigated. Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-41487 SP - 158 EP - 162 CY - Cottbus ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Knur, Lisa A1 - Murach, Dieter A1 - Murn, Y. A1 - Bilke, Gernod A1 - Muchin, Alexander A1 - Grundmann, Philipp A1 - Eberts, Jörg A1 - Schneider, Uwe A1 - Grünewald, Holger A1 - Schultze, B. A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Jochheim, Hubert T1 - Potentials, economy and ecology of a sustainable supply with wooden biomass T2 - 15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, 7-11 May 2007, Berlin, Germany Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-88-89407-59-2 SP - 46 EP - 52 PB - ETA-Renewable Energies CY - Florence ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Seserman, Diana-Maria A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Ewert, Frank ED - Boote, Kenneth ED - Rötter, Reimund P. ED - Thorburn, Peter ED - Nendel, Claas T1 - Modelling of the tree yield in an alley cropping system T2 - Book of abstracts, International Crop Modelling Symposium ICROPM2016, 15-17 March 2016, Berlin Y1 - 2016 UR - http://communications.ext.zalf.de/sites/crop-modelling/SiteCollectionDocuments/Book_of_Abstracts.pdf SP - 382 EP - 383 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Pape, Dirk A1 - Grünewald, Holger A1 - Schneider, Bernd Uwe A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. T1 - Modelling the carbon cycle of a short rotation plantation of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) on reclamation sites of the Lusatian lignite mining district (NE Germany) T2 - International Graduate School BTU Cottbus "Winter School - Marienthal" 18.-20. November 2007 Y1 - 2007 SP - S. 29 PB - BTU Cottbus CY - Cottbus ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk T1 - Agrarholzproduktion und Agroforstsysteme - Chancen und Risiken für den Gewässerschutz T2 - Wirkung und Folgen der Nutzung von Biomasse zur Biogasgewinnung auf Böden und Gewässer, 12. - 13. Oktober in Suderburg Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.fnr.de/fileadmin/energiepflanzen/DWA/Vortrag_DWA_Dr_Boehm.pdf N1 - Eine Veranstaltung der DWA, DWA Landesverband Nord in Kooperation mit der Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V., dem DVGW Nord und der Ostfalia Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften SP - 145 EP - 158 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Jochheim, Hubert A1 - Grünewald, Holger A1 - Schneider, Bernd Uwe A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. T1 - Simulationsstudie zur Kohlenstoff-Sequestrierung in Schnellwuchsplantagen T2 - Fachtagung Anbau und Nutzung von Bäumen auf landwirtschaftlichen Flächen II, 2. - 4. Juli 2007 in Freiburg/Breisgau Y1 - 2007 PB - Universität CY - Freiburg i. Breisgau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. ED - Savoie, Philippe ED - Villeneuve, Joey ED - Morisette, René T1 - Short rotation woody biomass production as option for the restoration of post-mining areas in Lower Lusatia, Germany T2 - Book of Abstracts, XVIIth World Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Québec City, Canada, June 13-17, 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-2-9811062-1-6 SP - S. 247 PB - CSBE CY - Winnipeg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. ED - Savoie, Philippe ED - Villeneuve, Joey ED - Morisette, René T1 - Short rotation coppice with Robinia pseudoacacia L. - A land use option for carbon sequestration on reclaimed mine sites T2 - Book of Abstracts, XVIIth World Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Québec City, Canada, June 13-17, 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-2-9811062-1-6 SP - S. 327 PB - CSBE CY - Winnipeg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. ED - Savoie, Philippe ED - Villeneuve, Joey ED - Morisette, René T1 - The contribution of agroforestry systems to ecosystem services T2 - Book of Abstracts, XVIIth World Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Québec City, Canada, June 13-17, 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-2-9811062-1-6 SP - S. 378 PB - CSBE CY - Winnipeg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. ED - Freese, Dirk ED - Pittruff, N. ED - Quinkenstein, Ansgar ED - Böhm, Christian T1 - Agroforestry systems for the production of woody biomass in marginal regions in Northeast Germany T2 - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Agroforestry - Ecological Benefits of Agroforestry, 15-17 June 2011, Cottbus, Germany Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/multiland/public/FreeseEtAl2011_Proceedings_of_the_International_Workshop_on_Agroforestry.pdf SP - S. 13 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk T1 - Blattstreu-Umsatz in Robinien-Kurzumtriebsplantagen auf Lausitzer Tagebau-Rekultivierungsflächen T2 - Böden verstehen, Böden nutzen, Böden fit machen, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 3. - 9. September 2011 Y1 - 2011 UR - http://eprints.dbges.de/544/ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk T1 - Effekte der Agraholzproduktion auf den Kohlenstoff- und Nährstoffhaushalt des Bodens im Bereich der Lausitzer Bergbaufolgelandschaft T2 - Böden verstehen, Böden nutzen, Böden fit machen, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 3. - 9. September 2011 Y1 - 2011 UR - http://eprints.dbges.de/556/ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Matos, Eduardo da Silva A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Jochheim, Hubert A1 - Schneider, Bernd Uwe A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. T1 - Estimating the carbon sequestration potential of short rotation coppice on marginal sites: a model approach T2 - Book of Abstracts, 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/reports/docs/Book%20of%20Abstracts-Final%20with%20Index%20new.pdf SN - 978-92-9059-255-6 SP - S. 164 PB - World Agroforestry Centre CY - Nairobi, Kenya ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Wöllecke, Jens A1 - Elmer, Michael A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. T1 - Biodiversity in Agroforestry Systems T2 - Book of Abstracts, 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/reports/docs/Book%20of%20Abstracts-Final%20with%20Index%20new.pdf SN - 978-92-9059-255-6 SP - S. 598 PB - World Agroforestry Centre CY - Nairobi, Kenya ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. ED - Freese, Dirk ED - Pittruff, N. ED - Quinkenstein, Ansgar ED - Böhm, Christian T1 - Research in agroforestry at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus T2 - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Agroforestry - Ecological Benefits of Agroforestry, 15-17 June 2011, Cottbus, Germany, Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/multiland/public/FreeseEtAl2011_Proceedings_of_the_International_Workshop_on_Agroforestry.pdf SP - S. 7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grünewald, Holger A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Bärwolff, Manuela A1 - Wöllecke, Jens A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Hoffmann, Jörg T1 - Ökologische Aspekte von Agroforstsystemen T2 - 2. Symposium Energiepflanzen 2009, 17./18. November 2009, Berlin Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.fnr-server.de/ftp/pdf/literatur/pdf_413-pdf_413gfg_nr_band_34_energiepflanzen.pdf SN - 978-3-942147-01-9 SP - 233 EP - 263 PB - FNR CY - Gülzow ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kanzler, Michael A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar ED - Palma, Joao H. N. T1 - Alley Cropping - A promising multifunctional form of land use for reclaimed lignite mining sites in Germany T2 - 2nd European Agroforestry Conference: Integrating Science and Policy to Promote Agroforestry in Practice, June 2014, Cottbus, Germany N2 - Since the 1920s, more than 80.000 ha of land have been affected by lignite opencast mining activities in the Lusatia region (Eastern Germany), resulting in the evolution of large post-mining landscapes with substrates poor in humus and nutrients. As a consequence, the current conventional crop production on these post-mining areas is restricted. Against this background, the increasing demand for woody biomass for bioenergy, and thus the cultivation of fast growing trees for woody biomass production, could represent a promising option to enhance the productivity of land reclaimed from mining. Accordingly, considerable research has been carried out over the last two decades on reclamation technology, in addition to attempts to improve the soil quality through the use of different fast growing tree species in the Lusatia lignite region. Through such studies, it has been shown that it is possible to cultivate a sustainable supply of bioenergy wood through the use of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) trees, even under the unfavourable growth conditions of the marginal post mining areas. Since this knowledge is mainly based on studies of monocultural plantations (SRC), in 2007 a short rotation alley cropping system (SRACS) was established in the reclaimed lignite mining site “Welzow-Süd” with the purpose of obtaining fresh insight. The present paper evaluates the positive impacts of agroforestry land-use in terms of soil fertility, agricultural crop production, and soil protection against wind erosion based on the results of several years of examination made in this degraded area. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/6764 SN - 978-972-97874-4-7 SP - 55 EP - 57 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Jochheim, Hubert ED - Palma, Joao H. N. T1 - Model-based analysis of the carbon sequestration potential of short rotation coppices on reclaimes lignite mine sites T2 - 2nd European Agroforestry Conference: Integrating Science and Policy to Promote Agroforestry in Practice, June 2014, Cottbus, Germany N2 - In Central Europe, short rotation coppice systems for the production of woody biomass come increasingly into focus as these wood plantations offer an opportunity to sustainably produce biomass for energy production and to sequester substantial amounts of CO2 within the plantations and the soils at the same time. In this study, a modeling analysis of the C cycle of a poplar (Populus suaveolens Fisch. x Populus trichocarpa Torr. et Gray cv Androscoggin) and a black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) SRC is presented. The calculations were performed with the bookkeeping C-model shortcar. The calculated estimates of C accumulation within the biomass, the litter layer, and the soil were validated against field data and published results from a selection of scientific studies. For the SRC on reclaimed mine sites a high C sequestration potential was found which amounted in the reference scenario over a period of 36 years to an accumulated net biome production of about 65 Mg C ha-1 for R. pseudoacacia and about 9 Mg C ha-1 for poplar, while the latter clearly suffered from the harsh growth conditions at the reclamation sites. Summarizing, the results suggested a high potential of SRC for C sequestration and C emission mitigation, especially on marginal sites. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/6764 SN - 978-972-97874-4-7 SP - 253 ER -