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Table 3 The basic wood density (g cm−3) of the main species of the watershed

From: Allometric models and aboveground biomass stocks of a West African Sudan Savannah watershed in Benin

Trees species

The present study

Previous studies

ρ (g cm−3)

n

Basic wood density

Mean (SE)

DBH (cm)

Min.

Max.

Min.

Max.

T. macroptera

19

0.740

0.893

0.821 (0.010)

9.3

40.7

0.768a; 0.870b

A. seyal

16

0.669

0.909

0.751 (0.015)

7.6

34.4

–

C. glutinosum

11

0.827

0.962

0.877 (0.013)

7.9

31.9

0.900b

P. erinaceus

21

0.671

0.973

0.826 (0.015)

6.9

44.7

0.740a

A. leiocarpus

16

0.813

0.977

0.889 (0.012)

6.9

32.4

–

M. inermis

18

0.579

0.687

0.631 (0.008)

7.0

34.5

–

L. microcrapa

22

0.472

0.648

0.546 (0.011)

7.0

50.6

–

L. acida

06

0.504

0.676

0.573 (0.027)

10.8

35.9

–

Ficus sp.

21

0.440

0.607

0.528 (0.010)

8.6

52.7

–

C. febrifuga

18

0.518

0.778

0.704 (0.016)

5.6

30.5

–

E. africana

15

0.556

0.688

0.631 (0.010)

8.4

27.6

–

P. biglobosa

23

0.566

0.689

0.630 (0.006)

8.6

62.4

0.525c

V. paradoxa

23

0.608

0.950

0.838 (0.016)

8.0

53.8

–

A. indica

16

0.619

0.886

0.763 (0.018)

8.8

50.5

0.660d; 0.620e

A. occidentale

25

0.512

0.625

0.569 (0.006)

9.2

57.9

0.431c; 0.500e

  1. n = Number of tree selected. The stem wood samples of selected trees were extracted at 1.3 m of the ground. DBH range = range of diameter at breast height of sampled tree species. Figures in bracket represent the standard error (SE) of the mean
  2. Authors of previous studies: a Sallenave [57, 58], b Von Maydell [59], c Carsan et al. [60], d Oey et al. [61], e Little et al. [62]
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