Dataset on woody aboveground biomass, disturbance losses, and wood density from an African savanna ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: This dataset comprises tree inventories and damage assessments performed in Namibia's semi-arid Zambezi Region. Data were sampled in savannas and savanna woodlands along steep gradients of elephant population densities to capture the effects of those (and other) disturbances on individual-level and stand-level aboveground woody biomass (AGB). The dataset contains raw data on dendrometric measures and processed data on specific wood density (SWD), woody aboveground biomass, and biomass losses through disturbance impacts. Allometric proxies (height, canopy diameters, and in adult trees also stem circumferences) were recorded for n = 6,179 tree and shrub individuals. Wood samples were taken for each encountered species to measure specific wood density. These measurements have been used

SUBMITTER: Kindermann L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062271 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature