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Table 2 Summary of the estimated biomass (mean ± standard error) before and after a forest practice operation in private native forests in Southeast Queensland bioregion

From: Estimating potential harvestable biomass for bioenergy from sustainably managed private native forests in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Broad Vegetation group (1: 1 M)

Sites (n = 336)

Biomass before harvest (t∙ha−1)

Biomass after harvest (t∙ha−1)

Biomass retained (%)

2a Complex notophyll vine forests

17

77.8 ± 19.5

31.5 ± 7.1

42.2 ± 3.4

8a Wet tall open eucalypt forests

16

58.3 ± 11.5

22.5 ± 5.1

37.2 ± 3.0

8b Moist open forests E. pilularis

47

36.5 ± 6.9

14.5 ± 3.0

40.0 ± 2.9

9a Moist open eucalypt forests

37

68.7 ± 10.9

30.8 ± 4.2

48.0 ± 2.2

9 g Open forests - stringybarks

10

77.9 ± 14.6

36.9 ± 6.8

49.7 ± 3.9

9 h Dry woodlands – eucalypts

42

44.9 ± 7.3

20.6 ± 3.4

42.2 ± 2.9

10b Moist open forests Corymbia spp

86

37.1 ± 3.6

14.9 ± 1.2

52.1 ± 2.5

12a Dry woodlands- ironbarks

4

14.1 ± 2.7

10.0 ± 1.2

74.6 ± 6.1

13d Woodlands of E. moluccana

53

48.2 ± 4.9

25.0 ± 2.5

54.5 ± 1.8

16c Open woodlands on floodplains

17

71.6 ± 7.5

33.0 ± 4.1

45.3 ± 2.1

22a Open forests on alluvial plains

2

123.1 ± 83.6

54.3 ± 36.6

44.4 ± 0.4

Mean

 

54.9 ± 13.1

24.4 ± 6.1

48.3 ± 3.3