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Table 3 Drivers and their corresponding number of stems and AGC removals in miombo woodlands vegetation subtypes of mainland Tanzania

From: Effects of drivers and their variations on the number of stems and aboveground carbon removals in miombo woodlands of mainland Tanzania

Vegetation types Drivers Stems ha−1 yr− Stems % ha−1 yr−1 AGB tha−1 yr−1 AGC tC ha−1 yr−1 AGC % tC ha−1 yr−1
Closed woodlands (crown cover > 40%) Natural death 2.070 28.528 0.251 0.123 26.309
Timber 0.847 11.680 0.250 0.122 26.236
Shifting cultivation 0.782 10.782 0.183 0.090 19.174
Unknown 0.384 5.297 0.069 0.034 7.243
Fire 0.642 8.843 0.063 0.031 6.657
Poles 1.041 14.350 0.044 0.022 4.662
Firewood collection 0.675 9.297 0.040 0.020 4.219
Charcoal 0.414 5.707 0.040 0.020 4.192
Grazing wild 0.338 4.658 0.010 0.005 1.091
Carvings 0.027 0.366 0.001 0.001 0.122
Grazing domestic 0.036 0.492 0.001 0.000 0.094
Total 7.255 100 0.953 0.467 100
Open woodlands (Crown cover between 10–40%) Timber 11.005 51.300 0.262 0.128 20.443
Fire 0.903 4.210 0.246 0.121 19.225
Charcoal 1.454 6.779 0.193 0.095 15.070
Natural death 1.686 7.860 0.167 0.082 13.061
Shifting cultivation 2.448 11.409 0.158 0.078 12.360
Firewood collection 1.550 7.226 0.101 0.049 7.882
Poles 1.538 7.168 0.086 0.042 6.702
Unknown 0.499 2.328 0.042 0.021 3.297
Grazing wild 0.245 1.142 0.017 0.008 1.288
Carvings 0.055 0.258 0.005 0.003 0.419
Grazing domestic 0.061 0.284 0.003 0.002 0.241
Mining 0.008 0.037 0.000 0.000 0.013
Total 21.453 100 1.282 0.628 100
Woodlands with scattered cropland Shifting cultivation 16.587 58.998 0.735 0.360 47.938
Charcoal 1.751 6.228 0.241 0.118 15.713
Timber 0.382 1.360 0.180 0.088 11.715
Firewood collection 2.032 7.228 0.127 0.062 8.259
Poles 4.994 17.764 0.121 0.059 7.914
Natural death 0.858 3.051 0.073 0.036 4.759
Fire 0.912 3.244 0.039 0.019 2.541
Unknown 0.452 1.606 0.011 0.005 0.700
Pole 0.063 0.225 0.006 0.003 0.383
Carvings 0.083 0.297 0.001 0.001 0.080
Total 28.114 100 1.533 0.751 100
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