The objectives of this study were to quantify the biomass and carbon storage in a seasonal semideciduous Forest in Viçosa, MG, with an area of 44.11 ha, and to evaluate the differences between the methods of biomass quantification proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and by using regional equations. For biomass quantification and carbon storage in the area, were used two different methodologies, one using regional equations and another one suggested by the IPCC. The total biomass and carbon stock were 116.98 t ha-1 and 56.31 t ha-1, respectively, using the methodology of regional equations, considering the values above and below the ground, understory and litter. For the methodology suggested by the IPCC, the total biomass and carbon stock were 107.59 t ha-1 and 48.70 t ha-1, respectively. According to the results, the IPCC methodology underestimated the biomass and carbon stock, in relation to regional equations.
Atlantic Forest; Carbon sequestration; Carbon methods quantification
