Skip to main content

Table 5 Mean above-ground carbon stocks in five dominant species in four study sites

From: The impact of land cover change on the carbon stock of moist afromontane forests in the Majang Forest Biosphere Reserve

Species

WD

DBH

H

Ind

AG-C

% AG-C

Site I

Cordia africana

0.54

35.2

26.8

22

41.2

15.3

Combretum molle

0.73

29.1

30.8

14

28.3

10.7

Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius

0.73

25.8

21.4

26

22.3

8.4

Morus mesozygia

0.72

23.7

19.3

8

15.4

5.8

Manilkara butugi

0.95

24.1

20.4

9

12.2

4.6

Site II

Fagaropsis angolensis

0.57

44.8

37.2

12

45.9

18.2

Albizia grandibracteata

0.46

45.7

32.0

6

30.1

11.9

Cordia africana

0.54

33.2

24.5

43

25.4

10.1

Mimus opslanceolata

0.86

41.2

31.2

10

20.7

8.2

Grewia mollis

0.82

24.4

24.6

27

16.8

6.7

Site III

Cordia africana

0.54

42.1

34.0

40

38.0

14.7

Ficus mucuso

0.44

28.2

21.9

14

28.7

11.1

Croton sylvaticus

0.64

26.2

27.8

20

21.5

8.3

Apodytes dimidiata

0.61

19.7

17.3

28

17.8

6.9

Blighia unijugata

0.56

23.6

21.8

42

13.0

5.0

Site IV

Allophylus abyssinicus

0.61

28.3

25.0

34

29.2

11.3

Croton macrostachyus

0.52

26.8

25.8

8

21.1

8.2

Prunus africana

0.69

27.1

25.0

26

16.9

6.6

Ficus sur

0.41

32.1

25.3

10

12.3

4.8

Trilepisium madagascariense

0.50

28.7

24.4

49

10.8

4.2

  1. WD wood density (g cm–3), DBH diameter at breast height (cm), H height (m), Ind individual number, AG-C above-ground carbon (t ha–1)