Allometric models for prediction of above-and belowground biomass of trees in the miombo woodlands of Tanzania

WA Mugasha, T Eid, OM Bollandsås… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Miombo woodland is a significant forest type occupying about 9% of the African land area
and forms a dominant vegetation type in many southeastern African countries including …

[HTML][HTML] Miombo woodland under threat: Consequences for tree diversity and carbon storage

EKK Jew, AJ Dougill, SM Sallu, J O'Connell… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Agriculture is expanding rapidly in the miombo woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. Clear
felling results in the loss of species and ecosystem services. The remaining woodland is …

Protected areas reduce deforestation and degradation and enhance woody growth across African woodlands

IM McNicol, A Keane, ND Burgess, SJ Bowers… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas are increasingly promoted for their capacity to sequester carbon, alongside
biodiversity benefits. However, we have limited understanding of whether they are effective …

Effects of elevation and land use on the biomass of trees, shrubs and herbs at Mount Kilimanjaro

A Ensslin, G Rutten, U Pommer, R Zimmermann… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The protection and sustainable management of forest carbon stocks, particularly in the
tropics, is a key factor in the mitigation of global change effects. However, our knowledge of …

Floristic composition, species diversity and carbon storage in charcoal and agriculture fallows and management implications in Miombo woodlands of Zambia

FK Kalaba, CH Quinn, AJ Dougill, R Vinya - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Globally, there are increasing demands for land use changes aimed at restoring Carbon (C)
and biodiversity in degraded forest ecosystems. This study provides an integrated …

Biomasse et stocks de carbone des forêts tropicales africaines (synthèse bibliographique)

GJ Loubota Panzou, JL Doucet, JJ Loumeto… - … Agronomie, Société et …, 2016 - orbi.uliege.be
Conclusions. Considérant le manque de précision des équations allométriques disponibles
et des données d'inventaires forestiers à large échelle spatiale, il y a encore beaucoup …

Map** and estimating the total living biomass and carbon in low-biomass woodlands using Landsat 8 CDR data

B Gizachew, S Solberg, E Næsset, T Gobakken… - Carbon balance and …, 2016 - Springer
Background A functional forest carbon measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) system
to support climate change mitigation policies, such as REDD+, requires estimates of forest …

Estimating the above-ground biomass in miombo savanna woodlands (Mozambique, East Africa) using L-band synthetic aperture radar data

JMB Carreiras, JB Melo, MJ Vasconcelos - Remote Sensing, 2013 - mdpi.com
The quantification of forest above-ground biomass (AGB) is important for such broader
applications as decision making, forest management, carbon (C) stock change assessment …

Monitoring vegetation dynamics and carbon stock density in miombo woodlands

NS Ribeiro, CN Matos, IR Moura… - Carbon balance and …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The United Nation's Program for Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) aims to reduce the 20% contribution to …

Allometric models for predicting aboveground biomass of trees in the dry afromontane forests of Northern Ethiopia

BA Tetemke, E Birhane, MM Rannestad, T Eid - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dry Afromontane forests form the largest part of the existing natural vegetation in Ethiopia.
Nevertheless, models for quantifying aboveground tree biomass (AGB) of these forests are …