Biomass estimation equations for miombo woodland, Zambia

✍ Scribed by Peter Stromgaard

• Book ID: 104621762
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 489 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-4366
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00045734

✦ Synopsis

Above-ground tree biomass in Zambian miombo woodland was determined by the harvest method. After clear-cutting and measuring 271 trees in 5 sample plots, each 400 m s , multiple regression analyses gave a set of equations relating above-ground fresh biomass, as the dependant variable, to tree diameter and height as the independant variables. Equations were calculated for 6 dominant miombo species separately, and for undisturbed miombo generally. With knowledge of tree diameter and height, these equations will enable above-ground biomass of single trees to be predicted fairly accurately. This is obviously of importance for the monitoring of forest resources in the African miombo, but has also relevance for agroforestry and the study of the shifting cultivators in the area.