Research Article

Mixed Species Allometric Models for Estimating above-Ground Liana Biomass in Tropical Primary and Secondary Forests, Ghana

Table 1

Number of individuals of liana species in the primary and secondary forests used for the allometric equations.

SpeciesNumber of individuals
Primary forestSecondary forest

Acacia pentagona 33
Adenia rumicifolia 2
Afrobrunnichia erecta 21
Agelaea paradoxa 22
Alafia barteri 42
Alafia whytei 33
Calycobolus africanus 22
Calycobolus heudelotii 22
Castanola paradoxa 2
Combretum paradoxum 22
Combretum sp.32
Dalbergia hostilis 23
Dalbergiella welwitschii 21
Gogronema latifolium 2
Griffonia simplicifolia 32
Landolphia hirsuta 22
Leptoderris micrantha 22
Manniophyton fulvum 2
Millettia chrysophylla 43
Motandra guineensis 22
Neuropeltis sp.12
Parquetina nigrescens 2
Paullinia pinnata 22
Salacia elegans 22
Salacia columna 2
Strophanthus barteri 12