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.
| Species | Number of individuals | Primary forest | Secondary forest |
| Acacia pentagona | 3 | 3 | Adenia rumicifolia | 2 | — | Afrobrunnichia erecta | 2 | 1 | Agelaea paradoxa | 2 | 2 | Alafia barteri | 4 | 2 | Alafia whytei | 3 | 3 | Calycobolus africanus | 2 | 2 | Calycobolus heudelotii | 2 | 2 | Castanola paradoxa | — | 2 | Combretum paradoxum | 2 | 2 | Combretum sp. | 3 | 2 | Dalbergia hostilis | 2 | 3 | Dalbergiella welwitschii | 2 | 1 | Gogronema latifolium | — | 2 | Griffonia simplicifolia | 3 | 2 | Landolphia hirsuta | 2 | 2 | Leptoderris micrantha | 2 | 2 | Manniophyton fulvum | — | 2 | Millettia chrysophylla | 4 | 3 | Motandra guineensis | 2 | 2 | Neuropeltis sp. | 1 | 2 | Parquetina nigrescens | 2 | — | Paullinia pinnata | 2 | 2 | Salacia elegans | 2 | 2 | Salacia columna | — | 2 | Strophanthus barteri | 1 | 2 |
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