Development of Allometric Models for Estimating the Biomass of <i>Sclerocarya birrea</i> (A.Rich) Hoscht and <i>Boscia senegalensis</i> (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir. — Oak Academic Publishing
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Development of Allometric Models for Estimating the Biomass of <i>Sclerocarya birrea</i> (A.Rich) Hoscht and <i>Boscia senegalensis</i> (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir.
Cheikh Anta Diop University, Department of Plant Biology, Dakar, Senegal
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Observatoire Homme-Milieux international de Téssékéré, CNRS/Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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Gaston Berger University, UFR of Agronomic Sciences, Aquaculture and Food Technologies, Saint Louis, Senegal
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Assane Seck University, Department of Agroforestry, Néma, Ziguinchor, Senegal
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Cheikh Anta Diop University, Department of Plant Biology, Dakar, Senegal
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Cheikh Anta Diop University, Department of Plant Biology, Dakar, Senegal
The objective of this study was to develop allometric models for estimating the biomass of Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich) Hoscht and Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir. The inventory of these ligneous was carried out at Widou Thiengoly (North of Senegal). The sample consists of 43 individuals of Boscia senegalensis and 15 individuals of Sclerocarya birrea . The selected individuals were dendrometrically characterized before being cut, compartmentalized (trunk, branches, and twigs) and weighed entirely. Simple regression tests were performed to examine the most explanatory dendrometric parameter ( x ) for biomass ( y ) according to two types of models: the linear model ( y = ax + b ) and the polynomial model of degrees 2 ( y = ax 2 + bx + c ). The criteria for selection and validity of the models are based firstly on the tests of normality, nullity, heterogeneity and autocorrelation of the residues. The results showed that the most explanatory dendrometric parameter of the biomass was the crown surface for Boscia senegalensis and the 1.30 m diameter for Sclerocarya birrea of all the tests performed, the second-order Polynomial model is the best predictor of above ground biomass for these two species. Thus, the allometric models established to predict the biomass of these two species are: y = 0.0023 x 2 + 0.4851 x - 0.0519 for Boscia senegalensis and y = 0.35 x 2 + 10.35 x - 12.90 for S. birrea ; with very significant correlation coefficients (R 2 ) of 0.85 and 0.94 respectively. These results can be used for a sequestered carbon assessment study and will play a role in monitoring the carbon market in Africa.
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