Research Article
Height-Diameter Allometry for Tree Species in Tanzania Mainland
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of total tree height (
) and diameter at breast height (
).
| Variable | Forest Type | Statistics | Bushlands | Cultivated | Eucalyptus | Grasslands | Lowland | Mangroves | Montane | Pines | Wetlands | Miombo | All |
| H | Number of trees | 3669 | 1866 | 100 | 934 | 2278 | 307 | 2111 | 340 | 97 | 20080 | 31782 | Min. | 1.35 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.30 | 1.30 | Max. | 28.00 | 35.00 | 36.00 | 33.00 | 35.00 | 27.00 | 45.00 | 35.00 | 25.00 | 36.00 | 45.00 | Mean | 6.72 | 8.45 | 16.47 | 7.61 | 10.67 | 7.53 | 12.89 | 18.00 | 9.78 | 9.24 | 9.30 | CV | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.52 |
| D | Min. | 1.00 | 1.00 | 5.20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.80 | 2.20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Max. | 83.10 | 149.90 | 82.50 | 75.00 | 122.40 | 46.40 | 141.00 | 54.20 | 93.00 | 123.40 | 149.90 | Mean | 12.44 | 21.64 | 19.41 | 17.42 | 18.42 | 11.13 | 22.65 | 22.69 | 24.31 | 18.52 | 18.21 | CV | 0.85 | 0.74 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.81 | 0.62 | 0.78 | 0.45 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 0.71 |
| BA | Min. | 0.08 | 0.09 | 1.59 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.91 | 0.26 | 0.60 | 0.52 | 0.27 | 0.07 | Max. | 104.05 | 88.27 | 74.96 | 72.53 | 138.59 | 59.75 | 204.37 | 53.50 | 61.88 | 105.69 | 204.37 | Mean | 10.98 | 9.10 | 21.66 | 8.01 | 22.90 | 17.57 | 32.79 | 26.37 | 14.74 | 13.48 | 14.93 | CV | 0.92 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.71 | 0.57 | 1.12 | 0.58 | 0.81 |
| CI | Min. | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.04 | 0.02 | Max. | 4.54 | 2.98 | 2.06 | 2.56 | 4.47 | 2.95 | 4.18 | 1.75 | 2.55 | 4.91 | 4.91 | Mean | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.85 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.91 | CV | 0.58 | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.66 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.53 |
| PRA | Min. | 475.00 | 520.00 | 841.00 | 440.00 | 560.00 | 936.00 | 683.00 | 841.00 | 479.00 | 366.00 | 366.00 | Max. | 2025.00 | 2266.00 | 1666.00 | 1865.00 | 1865.00 | 1257.00 | 1913.00 | 1913.00 | 2323.00 | 2323.00 | 2323.00 | Mean | 825.41 | 1072.53 | 1272.74 | 1100.06 | 1119.53 | 1116.83 | 1184.12 | 1199.17 | 1045.08 | 997.58 | 1012.76 | CV | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.26 |
| Dry | Min. | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | Max. | 11.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | Mean | 7.69 | 6.63 | 6.39 | 6.91 | 6.83 | 6.54 | 6.36 | 6.95 | 7.27 | 7.11 | 7.07 | CV | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
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