Table 6 Allometric BGB models for different land cover classes in Mainland Tanzania

Forest: Mangrove

Avicenia marina

1.42040 × dbh^1.44260

[29]

Soneratia alba

1.42040 × dbh^1.65760

[29]

Rhizophora mucronata

1.42040 × dbh^1.68979

[29]

Others

1.42040 × dbh^1.59666

[29]

Forest: Plantation

Tectona grandis

0.0279 × dbh^1.7430 × ht^0.7689

[30]

Pinus patula

0.0027 × dbh^3.0579

[31]

Woodland: Closed (> 40%)

All

0.1766 × dbh^1.7844ht^0.3434

[23]

Baobab

AGB × 0.25

[32]

Dalbergia melanoxylon

AGB × 0.25

[9]

Woodland: Open (10–40%)

All

0.1766 × dbh^1.7844ht^0.3434

[23]

Bushland: Thicket, dense

Pseudoprosopis fischeri

0.1442 × dbh^4.1534 st^0.4117

[33]

Combretum celastroides

0.1006 × dbh^4.0062 st^0.33499

[33]

Bushland: Emergent trees

All

1.3803 × dbh^1.1671

[33]

Bushland: Thicket with emergent trees

All

1.3803 × dbh^1.1671

[33]

Bushland: Open

Others

0.1766 × dbh^1.7844ht^0.3434

[23]

Acacia and Commiphora spp.

0.0593 × dbh^1.4481 × ht^1.0210

[34]

Grassland: Wooded

Others

0.1766 × dbh^1.7844ht^0.3434

[23]

Acacia and Commiphora spp.

0.0593 × dbh^1.4481 × ht^1.0210

[34]

Grassland: Bushed

Grassland: Open

Others

0.1766 × dbh^1.7844ht^0.3434

[23]

Acacia and Commiphora spp.

0.0593 × dbh^1.4481 × ht^1.0210

[34]

Woodland: Scattered cropland (Unspecified density)

All

0.1766 × dbh^1.7844ht^0.3434

[23]

Bushland: Scattered cultivation

All

1.3803 × dbh^1.1671

[33]

Baobab

AGB × 0.25

[33]

Grassland: Scattered cropland

All

1.3803 × dbh^1.1671

[33]

Cultivated land: Wooded crops

Coconuts trees

13.5961 × ht^0.6635

[36]

Others

0.1766 × dbh^1.7844ht^0.3434

[23]