Appendix A. Location of study sites and forest categories.

Location of study sites and forest categories

Supplement 1. Raw data used for biomass allometric models and height-diameter models.

<h2>File List</h2><blockquote> <a href="AGB-spiny-dry.txt">AGB-spiny-dry.txt</a> (md5: c2fe8cd5cc3d36bb841c95b6187eda6a)<br> <a href="AGB-moist-wet.txt">AGB-moist-wet.txt</a> (md5: 2ab27f70f2da551d6683cfd7fc7ee6dc)<br> <a href="H-D-spiny-dry.txt">H-D-spiny-dry.txt</a> (md5: 46d21cf0d2799802cfaaf87c7ab6f8eb)<br> <a href="H-D-moist-wet.txt">H-D-moist-wet.txt</a> (md5: 95872aa0f7435f88175f9170405076a1) </blockquote><h2>Description</h2><blockquote> <p>AGB-spiny-dry.txt:</p> <p>The AGB-spiny-dry.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree aboveground biomass, tree height, tree diameter and tree wood specific gravity for the sampled trees in the spiny dry forest of Madagascar.</p> <p>Column definitions:</p> <ol> <li>Tree: tree number</li> <li>Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010))</li> <li>dAGB: tree dry aboveground biomass in kilogram (kg)</li> <li>D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm)</li> <li>H: total tree height in meter (m)</li> <li>rho: tree wood specific gravity (unitless)</li> </ol> <p>Missing values are represented as “NA”.</p> <p>Checksum values:</p> <blockquote> <p>Column 3 (dry aboveground biomass - dAGB): SUM = 2073.2348083864; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132).<br> Column 4 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 1044.7567084324; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132).<br> Column 5 (total tree height - H): SUM = 655.12; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132).<br> Column 6 (wood specific gravity - rho): SUM = 73.7203325995; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132).</p> </blockquote> <br> <p>AGB-moist-wet.txt:</p> <p>The AGB-moist-wet.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree aboveground biomass, tree height, tree diameter and tree wood specific gravity for the sampled trees in the moist-wet forest of Madagascar.</p> <p>Column definitions:</p> <ol> <li>Tree: tree number</li> <li>Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010))</li> <li>dAGB: tree dry aboveground biomass in kilogram (kg)</li> <li>D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm)</li> <li>H: total tree height in meter (m)</li> <li>rho: tree wood specific gravity (unitless)</li> </ol> <p>Missing values are represented as “NA”.</p> <p>Checksum values:</p> <blockquote> <p>Column 3 (dry aboveground biomass - dAGB): SUM = 107579.770384427; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336).<br> Column 4 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 7077.398089172; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336).<br> Column 5 (total tree height - H): SUM = 4939.1; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336).<br> Column 6 (wood specific gravity - rho): SUM = 198.4641914636; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336).</p> </blockquote> <br> <p>H-D-spiny-dry.txt:</p> <p>The H-D-spiny-dry.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree height and tree DBH in the spiny dry forest of Madagascar.</p> <p>Column definitions:</p> <ol> <li>Tree: tree number</li> <li>Source: data origin (destructive sampling for biomass allometric models or plot inventory)</li> <li>Vname: vernacular name</li> <li>Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010))</li> <li>D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm)</li> <li>H: total tree height in meter (m)</li> </ol> <p>Missing values are represented as “NA”.</p> <p>Checksum values:</p> <blockquote> <p>Column 5 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 1044.7567084324; 369 missing values (rows with data: 132).<br> Column 6 (total tree height - H): SUM = 2868.92; 0 missing values (rows with data: 501).</p> </blockquote> <br> <p>H-D-moist-wet.txt:</p> <p>The H-D-moist-wet.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree height and tree DBH in the moist-wet forest of Madagascar.</p> <p>Column definitions:</p> <ol> <li>Tree: tree number</li> <li>Source: data origin (destructive sampling for biomass allometric models or plot inventory)</li> <li>Vname: vernacular name</li> <li>Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010))</li> <li>D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm)</li> <li>H: total tree height in meter (m)</li> </ol> <p>Missing values are represented as “NA”.</p> <p>Checksum values:</p> <blockquote> <p>Column 5 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 22544.2377551619; 0 missing values (rows with data: 812).<br> Column 6 (total tree height - H): SUM = 13273.5; 0 missing values (rows with data: 812).</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <br

Appendix C. Number of destructively sampled trees per country used to develop generic biomass allometric models.

Number of destructively sampled trees per country used to develop generic biomass allometric models

Appendix B. Wood characteristics of tree species and genuses in the tropical forests of Madagascar.

Wood characteristics of tree species and genuses in the tropical forests of Madagascar