Carbon storage, structure and composition of miombo woodlands in Tanzania's Eastern Arc Mountains

D D Shirima; P K T Munishi; S L Lewis; N D Burgess; Andrew R Marshall; A Balmford; R D Swetnam; E M Zahabu

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01269.x

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Carbon storage, structure and composition of miombo woodlands in Tanzania's Eastern Arc Mountains

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Carbon storage, structure and composition of miombo woodlands in Tanzania's Eastern Arc Mountains

D D Shirima, P K T Munishi, S L Lewis, N D Burgess, Andrew R Marshall, A Balmford, R D Swetnam and E M Zahabu

African Journal of Ecology, Vol.49(3), pp.332-342

2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01269.x

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Abstract

Ecology

carbon storage

composition

Eastern ArcMountains

miombo woodland

structure

We determine the aboveground biomass and carbon storage (ABGC) of trees and the herbaceous layer in miombo woodland in the Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM) of Tanzania. In four 1-ha sample plots in Nyanganje and Kitonga Forests, we measured all trees ≥10cm diameter alongside height and wood mass density. The plots contained an average of 20tree speciesha-1 (range 11-29) and 344stemsha-1 (range 281-382) with Shannon diversity values of 1.05 and 1.25, respectively. We weighted nine previously published woody savannah allometric models based on whether: (i) the model was derived from the same geographical region; (ii) the model included tree height/wood mass density in addition to stem diameter; and (iii) sample size was used to fit the model. The weighted mean ABGC storage from the nine models range from 13.5±2 to 29.8±5Mgha-1. Measured ABGC storage in the herbaceous layer, using the wet combustion method, adds 0.55±0.02MgCha-1. Estimates suggest that EAM miombo woodlands store a range of 13-30Mgha-1 of carbon. Although the estimates suggest that miombo woodlands store significant quantities of carbon, caution is required as this is the first estimate based on in situ data. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Title: Carbon storage, structure and composition of miombo woodlands in Tanzania's Eastern Arc Mountains
Authors: D D Shirima (Author) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
P K T Munishi (Author) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
S L Lewis (Author) - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
N D Burgess (Author) - Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Andrew R Marshall (Author) - University of York, United Kingdom
A Balmford (Author) - Cambridge University, United Kingdom
R D Swetnam (Author) - Cambridge University, United Kingdom
E M Zahabu (Author) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Publication details: African Journal of Ecology, Vol.49(3), pp.332-342
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01269.x
ISSN: 0141-6707
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451039102621
Output Type: Journal article

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