The effects of land cover change on carbon stock dynamics in a dry Afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia

Table 3 Allometric equations used for aboveground biomass calculation

Woody species	Dependent variable	Allometric equation	Unit	r ²	References
Juniperus procera	AGB	AGB = 1.12 × DBH^1.54	kg	0.95	[29]
Acacia abyssinica	AGB	AGB = 0.55 × DBH^1.89	kg	0.97	[29]
Acacia etbaica	TDW	Ln totWt = 2.11 + 2.19 × LnDSH	kg	0.96	[39]
Euclea shimperi	TDW	Y = 63.07 × DSH^1.78	g	0.95	[40]
Otostegia integrifolia	TDW	Y = 45.80 × DSH^2.26	g	0.99	[40]
Other shrub sps.	TDW	Y = (0.3197 × DSH) + (0.0383 × DSH^2.6)	kg	0.93	[41]

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