Indirect approach for estimation of forest degradation in non-intact dry forest: modelling biomass loss with Tweedie distributions

Table 1 Observed levels of wood extraction

	Biomass loss (Mg ha⁻¹)			Number of stumps ha⁻¹
	IDO	KIW	Total	IDO	KIW	Total
Fuelwood	1.226	1.144	1.182	43	28	35
Total subsistence (incl. fuelwood)	3.425	2.678	3.027	97	56	75
Commercial charcoal	2.102	5.508	3.915	9	30	21
Total	5.527	8.187	6.942	106	86	96

Descriptive data on categories of wood extraction measured in 62 sample plots: 29 in Idodi ward (IDO) and 33 in Kiwele ward (KIW)

ISSN: 1750-0680