Research Article
Aboveground Biomass Models for Indigenous Tree Species in the Dry Afromontane Forest, Central Ethiopia
Table 1
Basal area, density, and importance value index of native tree species in Menagesha Suba natural forest (inventory conducted by [
45]).
| Species | BA | Density | RD | RF | AF | Rdo | IVI |
| Juniperus procera | 0.015 | 34122 | 12.26 | 12.42 | 1071.43 | 4.19 | 28.87 | Olea europea | 0.005 | 20949 | 7.53 | 7.62 | 657.81 | 1.56 | 16.72 | Prunus africana | 0.037 | 180 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 5.65 | 10.7 | 10.83 | Podocarpus falcatus | 0.002 | 11194 | 4.02 | 4.07 | 351.5 | 0.69 | 8.79 | Olea capensis subsp. Hochstetteri | 0.027 | 95 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2.99 | 7.73 | 7.8 | Nuxia congesta | 0.005 | 2550 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 80.07 | 1.51 | 3.36 | Rhus ruspolii | 0.001 | 3989 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 125.25 | 0.29 | 3.18 | Ficus sur | 0.011 | 53 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.66 | 3.05 | 3.09 | Acacia lahai | 0.009 | 148 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 4.65 | 2.69 | 2.8 | Ficus sycomorus | 0.004 | 1492 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 46.84 | 1.15 | 2.23 | Ekebergia capensis | 0.003 | 561 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 17.61 | 0.99 | 1.39 | Hagenia abyssinica | 0.004 | 243 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 7.64 | 1.14 | 1.31 | Celtis africana | 0 | 1132 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 35.55 | 0.13 | 0.95 | Croton macrostachys | 0.002 | 317 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 9.97 | 0.62 | 0.85 | Albizia schimperiana | 0.001 | 487 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 15.28 | 0.32 | 0.67 | Cordia africana | 0.002 | 32 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.49 | 0.51 | Olea welwitschii | 0.001 | 286 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.97 | 0.29 | 0.5 | Buddleja polystachya | 0.001 | 85 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2.66 | 0.19 | 0.25 |
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