Authors: Vincent Droissart; Kathryn J. Jeffery; Annette Hladik; Joey Talbot; Andrew R. Marshall; Hans Beeckman; Oliver L. Phillips; Douglas Sheil; Marie Noël Kamdem Djuikouo; Philippe Jeanmart; Connie J. Clark; Jean François Gillet; Jean-Louis Doucet; Jon Lloyd; Hans Verbeeck; Hannsjorg Woell; Dries Huygens; Pascal Boeckx; Benjamin Toirambe; Lise Zemagho; Jan Reitsma; Kathy Steppe; Kelvin S.-H. Peh; John R. Poulsen; Terese B. Hart; James Taplin; Jason Vleminckx; Geertje M. F. van der Heijden; Sean C. Thomas; Sophie Fauset; Ted R. Feldpausch; David Taylor; Jon C. Lovett; Serge K. Begne; Bonaventure Sonké; Gloria Djagbletey; Murielle Simo; Simon L. Lewis; Jan Bogaert; Ernest G. Foli; Simon Willcock; David Harris; Lucas Ojo; Alan Hamilton; Koen Hufkens; Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez; Cornielle E N Ewango; Hermann Taedoumg; Lee J. T. White; Eric Chezeaux; Lindsay F. Banin; Jean-Remy Makana; Elizabeth Kearsley; Murray Collins; Yadvinder Malhi; Jean-François Bastin; Thalès de Haulleville; Terry Sunderland; Charles De Cannière; Georgia Pickavance; Timothy R. Baker; Miguel E. Leal; Kofi Affum-Baffoe

Venue: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Type: Publication

Abstract: We report above-ground biomass (AGB), basal area, stem density and wood mass density estimates from 260 sample plots (mean size: 1.2 ha) in intact closed-canopy tropical forests across 12 African countries. Mean AGB is 395.7 Mg dry mass ha −1 (95% CI: 14.3), substantially higher than Amazonian values, with the Congo Basin and contiguous forest region attaining AGB values (429 Mg ha −1 ) similar to those of Bornean forests, and significantly greater than East or West African forests. AGB therefore appears generally higher in palaeo- compared... (read more)

DOI: 10.60692/6sv13-x3a95