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Forest Ecosystems

Table 2 Average diameter at breast height (dbh), total tree height (Ht) and wood density (ρ) of the harvested tree species

From: Allometric models for estimating aboveground biomass in the tropical woodlands of Ghana, West Africa

Tree species

No. of individuals

Average dbh (cm)

Average total tree height (m)

Average wood density (g·cm−3)

Stdev of wood density (g·cm−3)

Acacia sp.

45

20.21

12.50

0.69

0.046

Afzelia africana

12

20.98

11.81

0.70

0.052

Albizia coriaria

1

38.10

18.60

0.89

0.032

Anogeissus leiocarpus

80

12.48

10.50

0.77

0.087

Blighia sp.

3

14.47

9.50

0.54

0.040

Bridelia scleroneura

15

11.25

7.03

0.73

0.069

Burkea africana

78

15.22

10.04

0.85

0.051

Combretum collinum

19

20.62

11.13

0.70

0.027

Crossopteryx febrifuga

31

15.17

8.29

0.79

0.037

Daniellia oliveri

19

30.01

13.86

0.53

0.051

Detarium microcarpum

50

13.04

8.02

0.64

0.086

Erythrophleum ivorense

1

35.10

13.60

0.80

0.062

Ficus gnaphlocarpa

2

11.25

7.85

0.55

0.034

Gmelina arborea

18

12.91

7.99

0.52

0.049

Hymenocardia acida

13

11.03

8.18

0.68

0.045

Khaya senegalensis

4

29.08

15.10

0.68

0.025

Lannea velutina

3

21.67

9.93

0.55

0.038

Lonchocarpus sericeus

9

11.47

11.32

0.69

0.066

Lophira lanceolata

41

14.49

10.58

0.87

0.083

Margaritaria discoidea

11

18.08

9.24

0.73

0.016

Mitragyna inermis

2

6.25

6.60

0.64

0.062

Parinari cura tellifolia

21

15.46

8.01

0.63

0.053

Parkia biglobosa

6

35.33

14.78

0.55

0.030

Pericopsis laxiflora

19

13.93

9.63

0.84

0.045

Piliostigma thonningii

5

11.42

7.10

0.58

0.043

Pseudocedrela kotschyi

5

20.32

9.92

0.73

0.028

Pterocarpus erinaceus

138

15.62

10.40

0.71

0.031

Tamarindus indica

2

27.80

14.35

0.87

0.033

Terminalia macroptera

45

16.31

9.86

0.83

0.042

Uapaca guineensis

7

20.20

9.89

0.60

0.020

Vitellaria paradoxa

40

29.70

13.75

0.89

0.066

Total

745

    
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