Rezgui F. auteur aut IRD Mouillot Florent auteur aut IRD Semmar N. auteur aut IRD Zribi L. auteur aut IRD Khaldi A. auteur aut IRD Nasr Z. auteur aut IRD Gharbi F. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Carbon stocks provide information that is essential for analyzing the role of forests in global climate mitigation, yet they are highly vulnerable to wildfires in Mediterranean ecosystems. These carbon stocks' exposure to fire is usually estimated from specific allometric equations relating tree height and diameter to the overall amount of aboveground carbon storage. Assessments of vulnerability to fire additionally allow for specific fire resistance (bark thickness, crown basal height) and post-fire recovery traits (cone mass for regeneration, and fine branches or leaves mass for flammability) to be accounted for. These traits are usually considered as static, and their temporal dynamic is rarely assessed, thus preventing a full assessment of carbon stocks' vulnerability and subsequent cascading effects. This study aimed to measure the pools of carbon stocks of individual trees varying between 30 and 96 years old in the Djbel Mansour Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) forest in semi-arid central Tunisia in the southern range of its distribution to fit a sigmoid equation of the carbon pools and traits recovery according to age as a vulnerability framework. Allometric equations were then developed to establish the relationships between fire vulnerability traits and dendrometric independent variables (diameter at breast height, height, and live crown length) for further use in regional vulnerability assessments. The total carbon stocks in trees varied from 29.05 Mg C ha(-1) to 92.47 Mg C ha(-1). The soil organic carbon stock (SOC) at a maximum soil depth of 0-40 cm varied from 31.67 Mg C ha(-1) to 115.67 Mg C ha(-1) at a soil depth of 0-70 cm. We could identify an increasing resistance related to increasing bark thickness and basal crown height with age, and enhanced regeneration capacity after 25 years of age with increasing cone biomass, converging toward increasing vulnerability and potential cascading effects under shorter interval fires. These results should be considered for rigorous forest carbon sequestration assessment under increasing fire hazards due to climate and social changes in the region. specialized Pinus halepensis mill mediterranean forest carbon stock vulnerability allometric equations plant traits TUNISIE 076 082 7 6 204 [17 p.] 2024 2571-6255 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091038 10.3390/fire7060204 2571-6255 [F B010091038] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091038 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2024-08/010091038.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2024-08-28 2025-11-06 fdi:010091038 fre