TY - JOUR AU - Daba, Damena Edae AU - Soromessa, Teshome PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/19 TI - The accuracy of species-specific allometric equations for estimating aboveground biomass in tropical moist montane forests: case study of Albizia grandibracteata and Trichilia dregeana JO - Carbon Balance and Management SP - 18 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Application of allometric equations for quantifying forests aboveground biomass is a crucial step related to efforts of climate change mitigation. Generalized allometric equations have been applied for estimating biomass and carbon storage of forests. However, adopting a generalized allometric equation to estimate the biomass of different forests generates uncertainty due to environmental variation. Therefore, formulating species-specific allometric equations is important to accurately quantify the biomass. Montane moist forest ecosystem comprises high forest type which is mainly found in the southwestern part of Ethiopia. Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve is categorized into Afromontane Rainforest vegetation types in this ecosystem. This study was aimed to formulate species-specific allometric equations for Albizia grandibracteata Tuab. and Trichilia dregeana Sond. using the semi-destructive method. SN - 1750-0680 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-019-0134-8 DO - 10.1186/s13021-019-0134-8 ID - Daba2019 ER -