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Table 3 Woody species with high mean aboveground biomass and carbon stocks of patch size categories in the northern Ethiopia

From: Carbon storages and sequestration potentials in remnant forests of different patch sizes in northern Ethiopia: an implication for climate change mitigation

Woody species

AGB (ton ha−1)

AGC (ton ha−1)

Small

Medium

Large

Small

Medium

Large

Albizia gummifera

9.77

41.7

49.3

4.6

19.6

23.2

Rosa abyssinica Lindle

1.03

0.11

0.2

0.5

0.1

0.1

Acacia abyssinica Hochst. Ex Benth

0.72

0.48

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

Croton macrostachyus Hochst. Ex Del

0.69

0.47

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

Prunus africana

–

495.6

551.6

–

232.9

259.2

Erythrococca trichogyne (Muell Arg.) Prain

–

119.21

0.2

–

56.0

0.1

Allophylus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk

–

84.53

47.7

–

39.7

22.4

Celtis africana Burm. f

–

69.16

73.2

–

32.5

34.4

Apodytes dimidiata E.Mey.Ex Benth

–

12.93

79.1

–

6.1

37.2

Ficus vasta Forssk

–

19.10

118.4

–

9.0

55.7

  1. AGB stands for aboveground biomass and AGC for aboveground carbon