The objective of this research was to quantify the contents of aboveground biomass and carbon of Polylepis spp. “queñoa”, in a relict forest of the Muylaque countryside community in the department of Moquegua between 3,700 and 4,300 m.a.s.l. Under a forest inventory, dasometric parameters (stem diameter, crown diameter, total tree height) were recorded in 20 × 20 m plots, following MINAM (Peruvian Ministry of the Environment) guidelines, to then calculate biomass through the application of an allometric equation for Polylepis and the conversion factor obtained from samples of 20 individuals with the photometric method to find the stored carbon. The laboratory results showed that the conversion factor from biomass to stored carbon was 0.58. In addition, using the information per plot in the forest inventory and applying the allometric equation, the expansion factor per hectare a...

The objective of this research was to quantify the contents of aboveground biomass and carbon of Polylepis spp. “queñoa”, in a relict forest of the Muylaque countryside community in the department of Moquegua between 3,700 and 4,300 m.a.s.l. Under a forest inventory, dasometric parameters (stem diameter, crown diameter, total tree height) were recorded in 20 × 20 m plots, following MINAM (Peruvian Ministry of the Environment) guidelines, to then calculate biomass through the application of an allometric equation for Polylepis and the conversion factor obtained from samples of 20 individuals with the photometric method to find the stored carbon. The laboratory results showed that the conversion factor from biomass to stored carbon was 0.58. In addition, using the information per plot in the forest inventory and applying the allometric equation, the expansion factor per hectare a...