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

Muluneh, Melese Genete; Worku, Belachew Bogale

doi:10.1186/s40066-022-00395-0

Agriculture & Food Security

Table 6 Wood density and C stocks of woody species in the study area

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

Scientific name	Mean DBH (cm)	Mean Ht.(m)	WD (wood density)	Abundance	AGB (ton ha⁻¹)	AGC (ton ha⁻¹)	AG CO₂ (ton ha⁻¹)	BGB (ton ha⁻¹)	BGC (ton ha⁻¹)	BG CO₂ (ton ha⁻¹)	TB (ton ha⁻¹)	TC (ton ha⁻¹)	TCO₂ (ton ha⁻¹)
Acacia abyssinica	9.75	5.13	0.826	9	35.12	16.51	60.58	9.48	4.46	16.36	44.61	20.96	76.94
Acacia lahi	6.00	3.31	0.769	10	6.54	3.07	11.28	1.77	0.83	3.04	8.30	3.90	14.32
Acanthus eminens	5.00	2.75	0.592	4	0.50	0.24	0.86	0.14	0.06	0.23	0.64	0.30	1.10
Acokanthera schimperi	22.50	13.00	0.784	5	72.67	34.15	125.34	19.62	9.22	33.84	92.29	43.37	159.19
Albizia gummifera	23.40	15.13	0.58	550	46358.92	21788.69	79964.50	12516.91	5882.95	21590.42	58875.83	27671.64	101554.92
Albizia schumparina	20.00	9.00	0.53	9	24.10	11.33	41.57	6.51	3.06	11.22	30.61	14.39	52.80
Allophylus abyssinicus	37.50	21.20	0.58	24	3172.66	1491.15	5472.51	856.62	402.61	1477.58	4029.27	1893.76	6950.09
Apodytes dimidiata	33.25	20.88	0.71	27	2485.38	1168.13	4287.04	671.05	315.40	1157.50	3156.44	1483.53	5444.54
Bersama abyssinica	9.00	4.60	0.671	65	145.85	68.55	251.57	39.38	18.51	67.92	185.22	87.06	319.49
Brucea antidysenterica	9.71	6.60	0.64	23	681.92	320.50	1176.24	184.12	86.54	317.58	866.03	407.04	1493.82
Buddleja polystachya	9.80	4.70	0.4	12	19.19	9.02	33.10	5.18	2.43	8.94	24.37	11.45	42.03
Calpurnia aurea	6.00	3.25	0.612	3	0.33	0.15	0.56	0.09	0.04	0.15	0.41	0.19	0.71
Capparis tomentosa	5.50	2.50	0.691	13	4.41	2.07	7.60	1.19	0.56	2.05	5.60	2.63	9.66
Carissa spinarum	9.00	4.00	0.65	4	1.25	0.59	2.15	0.34	0.16	0.58	1.58	0.74	2.73
Cassipourea malosana	12.75	7.00	0.673	22	97.89	46.01	168.85	26.43	12.42	45.59	124.32	58.43	214.44
Celtis africana	32.20	20.60	0.745	31	4412.98	2074.10	7611.95	1191.50	560.01	2055.23	5604.49	2634.11	9667.18
Cissus petiolata	5.00	2.50	0.612	1	0.06	0.03	0.10	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.04	0.13
Clausena anisata	5.00	2.71	0.482	10	0.50	0.24	0.87	0.14	0.06	0.23	0.64	0.30	1.10
Clematis simensis	7.00	4.00	0.526	1	0.16	0.07	0.27	0.04	0.02	0.07	0.20	0.09	0.34
Combretum paniculatum	5.85	5.20	0.612	28	22.80	10.72	39.33	6.16	2.89	10.62	28.96	13.61	49.94
Cordia africana Lam	12.00	3.00	0.41	4	1.05	0.49	1.82	0.28	0.13	0.49	1.34	0.63	2.31
Croton macrostachyus	17.11	11.00	0.518	127	4415.69	2075.37	7616.62	1192.24	560.35	2056.49	5607.92	2635.72	9673.10
Discopodium penninervium	5.40	3.17	0.482	9	1.93	0.91	3.34	0.52	0.25	0.90	2.46	1.15	4.24
Dombeya torrida	10.00	5.00	0.451	8	5.53	2.60	9.54	1.49	0.70	2.57	7.02	3.30	12.11
Dovyalis abyssinica	8.50	4.00	0.579	6	4.04	1.90	6.97	1.09	0.51	1.88	5.13	2.41	8.85
Dovyalis verrucosa	7.25	3.63	0.612	10	7.59	3.57	13.09	2.05	0.96	3.54	9.64	4.53	16.63
Dracaena steudneri	21.00	9.00	0.418	4	9.35	4.39	16.12	2.52	1.19	4.35	11.87	5.58	20.47
Ehretia cymosa	16.00	8.70	0.484	38	320.27	150.53	552.43	86.47	40.64	149.16	406.74	191.17	701.59
Ekebergia capensis	26.83	14.25	0.58	18	778.23	365.77	1342.37	210.12	98.76	362.44	988.35	464.53	1704.81
Embelia schimperi	5.00	3.25	0.775	3	0.29	0.14	0.50	0.08	0.04	0.13	0.37	0.17	0.63
Entada abyssinica	5.00	2.00	0.612	4	0.38	0.18	0.65	0.10	0.05	0.18	0.48	0.23	0.83
Erythrina brucei	8.34	4.33	0.314	2	0.57	0.27	0.99	0.15	0.07	0.27	0.73	0.34	1.26
Erythrococca trichogyne	15.33	8.78	0.58	62	7405.20	3480.44	12773.22	1999.40	939.72	3448.77	9404.60	4420.16	16221.99
Euphorbia abyssinica	14.00	6.00	0.471	2	1.60	0.75	2.76	0.43	0.20	0.75	2.03	0.96	3.51
Ficus sur	25.40	14.00	0.441	16	473.68	222.63	817.05	127.89	60.11	220.60	601.57	282.74	1037.65
Ficus Thonningii	25.25	12.00	0.432	5	48.03	22.57	82.84	12.97	6.09	22.37	61.00	28.67	105.21
Ficus vasta Forssk	72.50	18.50	0.441	3	412.57	193.91	711.65	111.40	52.36	192.15	523.97	246.27	903.80
Galiniera saxifraga	6.50	3.30	0.399	12	2.33	1.10	4.02	0.63	0.30	1.09	2.96	1.39	5.10
Gouania longispicata	5.00	8.00	0.612	3	0.55	0.26	0.95	0.15	0.07	0.26	0.70	0.33	1.21
Grewia ferruginea	6.80	3.20	0.583	20	18.61	8.74	32.09	5.02	2.36	8.67	23.63	11.11	40.76
Hibiscus macranthus	5.50	2.00	0.612	2	0.23	0.11	0.40	0.06	0.03	0.11	0.29	0.14	0.50
Hippocratea africana	10.25	4.39	0.876	22	82.22	38.64	141.81	22.20	10.43	38.29	104.41	49.07	180.10
Hippocratea goetzei	7.78	4.51	0.7	74	259.45	121.94	447.52	70.05	32.92	120.83	329.50	154.86	568.35
Jasminum abyssinicum	7.00	2.60	0.58	4	0.45	0.21	0.77	0.12	0.06	0.21	0.57	0.27	0.98
Juniperus procera	20.00	5.00	0.54	5	7.68	3.61	13.25	2.07	0.98	3.58	9.76	4.59	16.83
Justicia schimperiana	5.00	4.40	0.58	77	37.30	17.53	64.34	10.07	4.73	17.37	47.37	22.26	81.71
Landolphia buchananii	7.60	5.00	0.612	58	79.52	37.38	137.17	21.47	10.09	37.04	100.99	47.47	174.20
Lepidotrichilia volkensii	8.92	5.42	0.58	503	1326.31	623.36	2287.74	358.10	168.31	617.69	1684.41	791.67	2905.44
Lippia adoensis	4.00	2.67	0.7	5	0.85	0.40	1.46	0.23	0.11	0.40	1.08	0.51	1.86
Maesa lanceolata	5.50	3.30	0.676	2	0.43	0.20	0.74	0.12	0.05	0.20	0.54	0.26	0.94
Maytenus arbutifolia	5.00	2.55	0.713	68	4.74	2.23	8.18	1.28	0.60	2.21	6.03	2.83	10.39
Maytenus obscura	8.00	4.35	0.713	9	5.56	2.61	9.59	1.50	0.71	2.59	7.06	3.32	12.18
Maytenus undata	5.00	2.50	0.732	5	0.70	0.33	1.21	0.19	0.09	0.33	0.89	0.42	1.54
Millettia ferruginea	17.40	10.10	0.738	41	850.02	399.51	1466.19	229.50	107.87	395.87	1079.52	507.37	1862.06
Mimusops kummel	14.50	9.50	0.88	5	34.70	16.31	59.85	9.37	4.40	16.16	44.07	20.71	76.01
Ocimum lamiifolium	5.00	2.00	0.612	2	0.09	0.04	0.16	0.03	0.01	0.04	0.12	0.06	0.21
Olea capensis	14.33	8.00	0.99	57	392.40	184.43	676.86	105.95	49.80	182.75	498.35	234.23	859.61
Olea europaea	18.00	12.00	0.807	5	26.108849	12.271159	45.035153	7.0493891	3.313213	12.159491	33.158238	15.584372	57.1946442
Pavetta abyssinica	7.08	4.12	0.612	167	379.89	178.55	655.28	102.57	48.21	176.93	482.47	226.76	832.20
Phytolacca dodecandra	6.25	2.88	0.612	6	1.26	0.59	2.17	0.34	0.16	0.59	1.60	0.75	2.76
Pittosporum viridiflorum	8.00	4.50	0.633	8	5.92	2.78	10.21	1.60	0.75	2.76	7.52	3.53	12.97
Prunus africana	69.67	32.92	0.85	104	18150.79	8530.87	31308.30	4900.71	2303.34	8453.24	23051.50	10834.21	39761.54
Pterolobium stellatum	5.00	2.00	0.58	4	0.36	0.17	0.62	0.10	0.05	0.17	0.46	0.21	0.79
Rhus glutinosa	8.75	4.42	0.62	22	45.64	21.45	78.72	12.32	5.79	21.25	57.96	27.24	99.97
Rosa abyssinica	10.00	3.50	0.612	8	11.43	5.37	19.72	3.09	1.45	5.32	14.52	6.82	25.05
Rothmannia urcelliformis	7.50	4.25	0.642	3	1.52	0.71	2.61	0.41	0.19	0.71	1.93	0.90	3.32
Rubus apetalus	5.00	2.13	0.612	10	2.01	0.95	3.47	0.54	0.26	0.94	2.56	1.20	4.41
Rytigynia neglecta	12.14	5.21	0.612	46	290.34	136.46	500.82	78.39	36.84	135.22	368.74	173.31	636.04
Salix mucronata	5.00	4.00	0.612	2	0.19	0.09	0.32	0.05	0.02	0.09	0.24	0.11	0.41
Satureja abyssinica	5.00	2.50	0.612	2	0.12	0.06	0.20	0.03	0.01	0.05	0.15	0.07	0.26
Schefflera abyssinica	35.00	19.00	0.491	3	46.10	21.66	79.51	12.45	5.85	21.47	58.54	27.51	100.98
Sericostachys scandens	5.00	5.00	0.612	5	1.16	0.55	2.00	0.31	0.15	0.54	1.47	0.69	2.54
Solanecio gigas	5.00	3.00	0.612	6	1.27	0.59	2.18	0.34	0.16	0.59	1.61	0.76	2.77
Solanum giganteum	5.00	2.00	0.612	2	0.09	0.04	0.16	0.03	0.01	0.04	0.12	0.06	0.21
Syzygium guineense	5.00	2.00	0.612	7	1.66	0.78	2.86	0.45	0.21	0.77	2.11	0.99	3.64
Urera hypselodendron	19.13	9.63	0.74	9	33.37	15.68	57.56	9.01	4.23	15.54	42.38	19.92	73.11
Vepris dainellii	13.40	7.20	0.7	89	709.54	333.48	1223.89	191.58	90.04	330.45	901.12	423.53	1554.34
Vernonia amygdalina	10.00	4.50	0.413	8	4.55	2.14	7.84	1.23	0.58	2.12	5.77	2.71	9.96
Vernonia auriculifera	6.91	3.56	0.413	77	82.52	38.79	142.35	22.28	10.47	38.43	104.81	49.26	180.78

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