Carbon stocks for different land cover types in Mainland Tanzania

Mauya, Ernest William; Mugasha, Wilson Ancelm; Njana, Marco Andrew; Zahabu, Eliakimu; Malimbwi, Rogers

doi:10.1186/s13021-019-0120-1

Carbon Balance and Management

Table 4 Allometric AGB models for different land cover classes in Mainland Tanzania

From: Carbon stocks for different land cover types in Mainland Tanzania

Land cover sub-class	Species	AGB	Source
Forest: Humid Montane	All	0.3571 × dbh^1.744 × ht^0.4713	[28]
Forest: Lowland	All	0.3571 × dbh^1.744 × ht^0.4713	[28]
Forest: Mangrove	Avicenia marina	0.25128 × dbh^2.24351	[29]
	Soneratia alba	0.25128 × dbh^2.21727	[29]
	Rhizophora mucronata	0.25128 × dbh^2.26026	[29]
	Others	0.19633 × dbh^2.010853 × ht^0.29654	[29]
Forest: Plantation	Tectona grandis	0.1711 × dbh^2.0047 × ht^0.3767	[30]
Forest: Plantation	Pinus patula	0.0550 × dbh^2.5968	[31]
Woodland: Closed (> 40%)	All	0.0763 × dbh^2.2046 × ht^0.4918	[23]
Woodland: Closed (> 40%)	Baobab	2.234966 × dbh^1.43543	[32]
Woodland: Open (10–40%)	All	0.0763 × dbh^2.2046 × ht^0.4918	[23]
Woodland: Open (10–40%)	Baobab	2.234966 × dbh^1.43543	[32]
Bushland: Thicket, dense	Pseudoprosopis fischeri	0.4276 × dbh^2.4053 st^0.5290	[33]
	Combretum celastroides	0.7269 × dbh^2.6710 × ht^0.5737 st^0.2039	[33]
	Baobab	2.234966 × dbh^1.43543	[32]
Bushland: Emergent trees	All	1.2013 × dbh^1.5076	[33]
Bushland: Thicket with emergent trees	All	1.2013 × dbh^1.5076	[33]
Bushland: Open	Others	0.0763 × dbh^2.2046 × ht^0.4918	[23]
Bushland: Open	Acacia and Commiphora spp.	0.0292 × dbh^2.0647 × ht^1.0146	[34]
Grassland: Wooded	Others	0.0763 × dbh^2.2046 × ht^0.4918	[23]
	Acacia and Commiphora spp.	0.0292 × dbh^2.0647 × ht^1.0146	[34]
	Baobab	2.234966 × dbh^1.43543	[32]
Grassland: Bushed Grassland: Open	Others	0.0763 × dbh^2.2046 × ht^0.4918	[23]
	Acacia and Commiphora spp.	0.0292 × dbh^2.0647 × ht^1.0146	[34]
	Baobab	2.234966 × dbh^1.43543	[32]
Woodland: Scattered cropland (Unspecified density)	All	0.0763 × dbh^2.2046 × ht^0.4918	[23]
Woodland: Scattered cropland (Unspecified density)	Baobab	2.234966 × dbh^1.43543	[32]
Bushland: Scattered cultivation	All	1.2013 × dbh^1.5076	[33]
Bushland: Scattered cultivation	Baobab	2.234966 × dbh^1.43543	[33]
Grassland: Scattered cropland	All	1.2013 × dbh^1.5076	[33]
Cultivated land: Agro-forestry system	All	0.051 * (dbh² * ht)^0.93	[35]
Cultivated land: Wooded crops	Coconut trees	3.7964 × ht^1.8130	[36]
	Cashew nut trees	0.3152 × dbh^1.7722ht^0.5003	[37]
	Others	0.0763 × dbh^2.2046 × ht^0.4918	[23]
Cultivated land: Herbaceous crops	All	0.051 * (dbh² * ht)^0.93	[35]
Cultivated land: Mixed tree cropping	All	0.051 * (dbh² * ht)^0.93	[35]
Cultivated land: Grain crops	All	0.051 * (dbh² * ht)^0.93	[35]

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