Data for developing allometric models and evaluating carbon stocks of the Zambezi Teak Forests in Zambia

Justine Ngoma; Eddy Moors; Bart Kruijt; James H Speer; Royd Vinya; Emmanuel N Chidumayo; Rik Leemans

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.057

Data for developing allometric models and evaluating carbon stocks of the Zambezi Teak Forests in Zambia

Data Brief. 2018 Feb 28:17:1361-1373. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.057. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Authors

Justine Ngoma^{1

2}, Eddy Moors^{3

4}, Bart Kruijt², James H Speer⁵, Royd Vinya¹, Emmanuel N Chidumayo⁶, Rik Leemans⁷

Affiliations

¹ School of Natural Resources, The Copperbelt University, P.O. Box 21692, Kitwe, Zambia.
² Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University and Research, P.O Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, PO Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA.
⁶ Makeni Savanna Research Project, P.O Box 50323, Ridgeway, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁷ Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University and Research, P.O Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Abstract

This paper presents data on carbon stocks of tropical tree species along a rainfall gradient. The data was generated from the Sesheke, Namwala, and Kabompo sites in Zambia. Though above-ground data was generated for all these three sites, we uprooted trees to determine below-ground biomass from the Sesheke site only. The vegetation was assessed in all three sites. The data includes tree diameter at breast height (DBH), total tree height, wood density, wood dry weight and root dry weight for large (≥ 5 cm DBH) and small (< 5 cm DBH) trees. We further presented Root-to-Shoot Ratios of uprooted trees. Data on the importance-value indices of various species for large and small trees are also determined. Below and above-ground carbon stocks of the surveyed tree species are presented per site. This data were used by Ngoma et al. (2018) [1] to develop above and below-ground biomass models and the reader is referred to this study for additional information, interpretation, and reflection on applying this data.