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Mixed-species allometric equations and estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in restoring degraded landscape in northern Ethiopia

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa495
10.1088/1748-9326/aaa495
 
Title Mixed-species allometric equations and estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in restoring degraded landscape in northern Ethiopia
 
Creator Mokria, M
Mekuria, W
Gebrekirstos, A
Aynekulu, E
Belay, B
Gashaw, T
Brauning, A
 
Subject Watershed Management
Land Degradation
Water Resources
African Agriculture
Ethiopia
 
Description Accurate biomass estimation is critical to quantify the changes in biomass and carbon stocks following the restoration of degraded landscapes. However, there is lack of site-specific allometric equations for the estimation of aboveground biomass (AGB), which consequently limits our understanding of the contributions of restoration efforts in mitigating climate change. This study was conducted in northwestern Ethiopia to develop a multi-species allometric equation and investigate the spatial and temporal variation of C-stocks following the restoration of degraded landscapes. We harvested and weighed 84 trees from eleven dominant species from six grazing exclosures and adjacent communal grazing land. We observed that AGB correlates significantly with diameter at stump height D 30 (R 2 = 0.78; P 
 
Publisher IOP Publishing
 
Date 2018-02-09
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10457/1/Mixed-species%20allometric%20equations%20and%20estimation.pdf
Mokria, M and Mekuria, W and Gebrekirstos, A and Aynekulu, E and Belay, B and Gashaw, T and Brauning, A (2018) Mixed-species allometric equations and estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in restoring degraded landscape in northern Ethiopia. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (2). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1748-9326