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Tropical tree allometry and crown allocation, and their relationship with species traits in central Africa by Mankou, Géraud Sidoine (author);Ligot, Gauthier (author);Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul (author);Boyemba, Faustin (author);Loumeto, Jean Joël (author);Ngomanda, Alfred (author);Obiang, Diosdado (author);Rossi, Vivien (author);Sonke, Bonaventure (author);Yongo, Olga Diane (author);Fayolle, Adeline (author) is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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Common allometric patterns have been reported across the tropics and good performance on independent data was retrieved for the most recent pantropical model predicting tree aboveground biomass (AGB) from stem diameter, wood density and total height. General models are undoubtedly useful for the estimation and monitoring of biomass and carbon stocks in tropical forests, however specific allometry, allocation, and traits, are at the core of many models of vegetation dynamics, and there is lack of such information for some regions and species. In this study, we specifically evaluated how size-dependent changes in above-ground biomass and biomass allocation to crown relate to other allometric and life-history traits for tropical tree species. We gathered destructive data available in eight terra firme forest sites across central Africa and the combined dataset consisted of 1,023 trees belonging to 54 tropical tree species phylogenetically dispersed, with only two congeneric species. A huge body of field and laboratory measurements was used for computing AGB and crown mass ratio (CMR) at the tree level, and to derive key allometric traits at the species level. For the latter, species-s

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Author

Mankou, Géraud Sidoine (author);Ligot, Gauthier (author);Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul (author);Boyemba, Faustin (author);Loumeto, Jean Joël (author);Ngomanda, Alfred (author);Obiang, Diosdado (author);Rossi, Vivien (author);Sonke, Bonaventure (author);Yongo, Olga Diane (author);Fayolle, Adeline (author)

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)