Ecological Archives C006-056-A1
Marijn Bauters, Evy Ampoorter, Dries Huygens, Elizabeth Kearsley, Thales De Haulleville, Giacomo Sellan, Hans Verbeeck, Pascal Boeckx, and Kris Verheyen. 2015. Functional identity explains carbon sequestration in a 77-year-old experimental tropical plantation. Ecosphere 6:198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/es15-00342.1
Appendix A. A list of the abbreviations of the full scientific names of planted species, a list of H:DBH relations, and compositional parameters and planted species of the different plots.
Table A1. A list of the abbreviations of the full scientific names of all planted species in the plantation, along with the full and correct scientific name, family and subfamily. Species were identified by the local botanists of the INERA (Institut National pour l’Etude et la Recherche Agronomique Yangambi). There was no consensus about the species-level identification of one planted species of the Phyllanthus genus.
Abbreviation |
Full scientific name |
Family |
Subfamily |
A.c. |
Autranella congolensis (De Wild.) A. Chev. |
Sapotaceae |
|
A.n. |
Antrocaryon nannanii De Wild. |
Anacardiaceae |
|
B.w. |
Blighia welwitschii (Hiern) Radlk. |
Sapindaceae |
|
C.a. |
Chrysophyllum africanum A. DC. |
Sapotaceae |
|
C.p. |
Carapa procera DC. |
Meliaceae |
|
D.l. |
Drypetes likwa J. Leonard |
Euphorbiaceae |
|
E.a. |
Entandrophragma angolense (Welw. ex C. DC.) C. DC. |
Meliaceae |
|
E.c. |
Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague |
Meliaceae |
|
G.c. |
Guarea cedrata (A. Chev.) Pellegr. |
Meliaceae |
|
K.a. |
Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC. |
Meliaceae |
|
L.t. |
Lovoa trichilioides Harms |
Meliaceae |
|
M.a. |
Mammea africana Sabine |
Clusiaceae |
|
M.e. |
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C. Berg |
Moraceae |
|
P.e. |
Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen |
Fabaceae |
Papilionoideae |
P.m. |
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. |
Fabaceae |
Mimosoideae |
P.o. |
Panda oleosa Pierre |
Pandaceae |
|
P.s. |
Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub. |
Fabaceae |
Papilionoideae |
P.sp. |
Phyllanthus species |
Phyllanthaceae |
|
P.t. |
Pachyelasma tessmannii (Harms) Harms |
Fabaceae |
Caesalpinioideae |
S.g. |
Strombosia grandifolia Hook. f. |
Olacaceae |
|
S.t. |
Strombosiopsis tetrandra Engl. |
Olacaceae |
|
T.a. |
Treculia africana Decne. |
Moraceae |
|
Z.g. |
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P.G. Waterman |
Rutaceae |
Table A2. List of H:DBH relations, and additionally their types and references, that were fitted to the tree heights and diameters, measured in the field. Per plot, the best fit was used to estimate the other tree heights, based on their diameter. H is tree height, DBH stands for diameter breast height and a, b, and c are the equation’s variable parameters. The last column indicates which formula was selected for each plot, based on the best fit.
H:D relation |
Type |
Reference |
Plot |
H=1.3 + a x (1 - exp(-b x DBHc) |
Weibull |
Huang, Titus, and Wiens 1992 |
22 |
H=a x (1 - exp(-b x DBHc) |
Weibull |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
|
H=1.3 + a x (1 - exp(-b x DBH) |
Chapman-Richards |
Huang, Titus, and Wiens 1992 |
|
H=a x (1 - exp(-b x DBH))c |
Chapman-Richards |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
|
H=exp(a + b x log(DBH)) |
/ |
Brown, Gillespie, and Lugo 1989 |
|
H=1.3 + a x (1 + b x exp(-c x DBH)) -1 |
Logistic |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
2, 7, 9, 13, 25 |
H=1.3 + a x (1 + b-1 x DBH-c) -1 |
Modified logistic |
Huang, Titus, and Wiens 1992 |
3 |
H=1.3 + exp(a + b x (DBH + 1) -1) |
Exponential |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
5, 12, 14, 21, 24 |
H=1.3 + a x exp(b x (DBH + c) -1) |
Exponential |
Huang, Titus, and Wiens 1992 |
|
H=a - b x exp(-c x DBH) |
Exponential |
Feldpausch et al. 2012 |
|
H=a x (1 - exp(-b x DBH)) |
Exponential |
Banin et al. 2012 |
1, 18 |
H=1.3 + a x DBH x (b + DBH) -1 |
Hyperbolic |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
4, 10, 16, 19, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29 |
H=a x exp(-b x exp(-c x DBH) |
Gompertz |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
|
H=1.3 + a x DBHb |
Power |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
6, 8, 15, 17, 20 |
H=a x DBHb |
Power |
Scaranello et al. 2012 |
11 |
Table A3. Compositional parameters and planted species of the different plots, calculated from the different subplots. AGC is above ground carbon in the woody biomass of the trees, BA is basal area and WD wood density. All values represent plot-level averages and standard deviations are calculated with the averages of the subplots within the plot, without taking into account the within-subplot variation. For wood density, we used data from the same species that were measured in the surrounding natural forest (Kearsley et al. 2013). The effective species richness represents the number of occurring tree species (including the spontaneous ingrowth).). BApl is the ratio of basal area of the planted species to the total stand basal area in the plot (including spontaneous ingrowth). Effective Simpson’s diversity is calculated on the present trees. All species’ abbreviations are explained in Table A1.
Plot |
AGC |
Stem Density |
BA |
WD |
Effective species |
Effective |
BApl |
Planted Species 1 |
Planted Species 2 |
1 |
294.49 ±63.01 |
702.8 ±113.5 |
45.06 ±8.28 |
0.65 ±.01 |
7.22 ±0.83 |
0.75 ±.04 |
0.78 ±.09 |
P.e. |
B.w. |
2 |
200.08 ±61.91 |
336.1 ±96.1 |
32.02 ±10.16 |
0.63 ±.02 |
5.89 ±2.42 |
0.70 ±.09 |
0.61 ±.20 |
P.e. |
|
3 |
218.01 ±72.70 |
544.4 ±87.3 |
37.34 ±9.74 |
0.57 ±.02 |
10.33 ±1.80 |
0.81 ±.05 |
0.74 ±.14 |
P.e. |
G.c. |
4 |
277.53 ±116.10 |
397.2 ±61.8 |
41.56 ±14.77 |
0.69 ±.02 |
7.67 ±1.87 |
0.80 ±.06 |
0.79 ±.10 |
P.m. |
Z.g. |
5 |
319.11 ±83.03 |
531.3 ±37.5 |
47.33 ±10.76 |
0.65 ±.01 |
6.25 ±0.50 |
0.74 ±.07 |
0.79 ±.18 |
P.e. |
P.o. |
6 |
338.77 ±126.70 |
619.4 ±137.4 |
49.81 ±15.97 |
0.69 ±.03 |
8.67 ±2.83 |
0.70 ±.13 |
0.71 ±.15 |
A.c. |
|
7 |
173.51 ±66.20 |
586.1 ±98.5 |
36.69 ±10.01 |
0.55 ±.03 |
12.44 ±2.51 |
0.87 ±.03 |
0.42 ±.14 |
P.s. |
T.a. |
8 |
152.09 ±54.32 |
433.3 ±91.0 |
32.42 ±8.57 |
0.56 ±.03 |
10.89 ±2.26 |
0.87 ±.04 |
0.28 ±.22 |
P.s. |
|
9 |
171.78 ±43.42 |
616.7 ±101.6 |
34.63 ±5.61 |
0.54 ±.01 |
10.67 ±2.45 |
0.80 ±.07 |
0.68 ±.18 |
E.c. |
A.n. |
10 |
121.85 ±62.75 |
411.1 ±79.2 |
21.78 ±7.90 |
0.63 ±.04 |
8.56 ±0.73 |
0.80 ±.06 |
0.36 ±.15 |
P.m. |
C.p. |
11 |
100.99 ±54.43 |
375.0 ±136.4 |
22.60 ±8.79 |
0.54 ±.03 |
8.56 ±2.19 |
0.84 ±.04 |
0.32 ±.16 |
M.e. |
|
12 |
239.25 ±59.47 |
662.5 ±59.5 |
42.22 ±8.48 |
0.56 ±.01 |
7.00 ±2.45 |
0.46 ±.17 |
0.78 ±.15 |
G.c. |
|
13 |
243.37 ±42.73 |
362.5 ±92.4 |
34.39 ±4.49 |
0.63 ±.04 |
6.75 ±2.06 |
0.72 ±.17 |
0.62 ±.42 |
P.e. |
|
14 |
602.46 ±84.29 |
731.3 ±82.6 |
70.23 ±9.74 |
0.74 ±.00 |
3.50 ±0.58 |
0.54 ±.02 |
0.99 ±.00 |
A.c. |
D.l. |
15 |
228.06 ±143.85 |
350.0 ±35.4 |
36.63 ±17.06 |
0.54 ±.06 |
4.25 ±2.87 |
0.38 ±.30 |
0.60 ±.44 |
P.o. |
|
16 |
167.61 ±81.97 |
743.8 ±428.8 |
33.03 ±14.64 |
0.51 ±.05 |
12.50 ±3.87 |
0.80 ±.06 |
0.16 ±.10 |
E.c. |
|
17 |
114.53 ±55.48 |
237.5 ±85.4 |
18.20 ±6.43 |
0.72 ±.06 |
4.25 ±1.26 |
0.58 ±.09 |
0.66 ±.21 |
P.m. |
|
18 |
102.32 ±80.85 |
280.6 ±168.1 |
21.38 ±14.10 |
0.57 ±.03 |
7.56 ±3.43 |
0.80 ±.11 |
0.18 ±.14 |
M.e. |
P.sp. |
19 |
150.25 ±47.82 |
306.3 ±55.4 |
26.67 ±7.15 |
0.61 ±.00 |
2.50 ±1.29 |
0.20 ±.17 |
0.98 ±.02 |
S.t. |
|
20 |
258.40 ±20.50 |
418.8 ±62.5 |
40.71 ±3.17 |
0.65 ±.01 |
3.00 ±1.41 |
0.55 ±.07 |
0.98 ±.03 |
P.e. |
S.t. |
21 |
95.85 ±70.07 |
494.4 ±157.5 |
23.43 ±12.26 |
0.52 ±.03 |
9.89 ±4.01 |
0.79 ±.11 |
0.41 ±.27 |
L.t. |
|
22 |
106.94 ±38.10 |
394.4 ±91.7 |
23.68 ±7.99 |
0.52 ±.02 |
8.89 ±1.96 |
0.82 ±.05 |
0.29 ±.18 |
L.t. |
K.a. |
23 |
144.45 ±64.91 |
441.7 ±106.8 |
31.20 ±9.23 |
0.50 ±.03 |
8.89 ±2.47 |
0.82 ±.06 |
0.45 ±.23 |
G.c. |
L.t. |
24 |
299.49 ±138.66 |
377.8 ±108.6 |
48.30 ±20.45 |
0.62 ±.01 |
6.00 ±1.66 |
0.73 ±.05 |
0.78 ±.10 |
P.t. |
|
25 |
141.24 ±52.70 |
558.3 ±114.6 |
31.66 ±10.86 |
0.51 ±.03 |
12.67 ±2.50 |
0.89 ±.02 |
0.30 ±.19 |
E.c. |
E.a. |
26 |
130.26 ±105.26 |
587.5 ±94.6 |
28.94 ±12.62 |
0.53 ±.07 |
9.75 ±0.96 |
0.79 ±.03 |
0.22 ±.08 |
E.a. |
|
27 |
269.35 ±84.00 |
637.5 ±425.5 |
43.13 ±11.51 |
0.62 ±.04 |
7.50 ±3.11 |
0.70 ±.08 |
0.31 ±.36 |
P.t. |
C.a. |
28 |
255.84 ±46.01 |
356.3 ±94.4 |
38.74 ±6.05 |
0.60 ±.00 |
5.00 ±0.82 |
0.51 ±.07 |
0.95 ±.02 |
M.a. |
|
29 |
255.43 ±166.71 |
500.0 ±143.6 |
44.05 ±24.64 |
0.57 ±.02 |
10.22 ±3.15 |
0.83 ±.06 |
0.52 ±.33 |
M.a. |
S.g. |
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