Spatial distribution and carbon storage of a native bamboo species in the high Guinea savannah of Cameroon: Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro

Spatial distribution and carbon storage of a native bamboo species in the high Guinea savannah of Cameroon: Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro

Landsat 8 OLI imageries were used in order to increase data on the distribution and carbon stocks of Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro in the Guinea savannah of Cameroon, Eight circular plots of 100 m 2 were established in O. abyssinica stands in Beyala hill. Five per cent of bamboo were har...

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Published in:International journal of environmental studies Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 504 - 516
Main Authors: Nfornkah, Barnabas Neba, Kaam, Rene, Zapfack, Louis, Tchamba, Martin, Djomo, Cedric Chimi, Forje, Walter Gadinga, Nkondjoua Dolanot, Armand Tanougong, Tsewoue, Mélanie Rosine, Arnold, Jovis Nguefack, Zambou, Jessica Cyntia Gansonkeng, Okala, Serges
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 04-05-2021
Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
Subjects:
Bamboo
Cameroon
Carbon
Carbon sequestration
Climate change mitigation
Environmental science
Environmental studies
Indigenous species
Landsat
Landsat satellites
O. abyssinica
Oxytenanthera abyssinica
Remote sensing
Savannahs
Spatial distribution
Storage capacity
Cameroon
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Summary:Landsat 8 OLI imageries were used in order to increase data on the distribution and carbon stocks of Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro in the Guinea savannah of Cameroon, Eight circular plots of 100 m 2 were established in O. abyssinica stands in Beyala hill. Five per cent of bamboo were harvested, each bamboo sorted into leaves, branches and culm; weighed; and sub-samples taken to the laboratory. Sub-samples were oven-dried for biomass estimation. The results showed that O. abyssinica covered 451,308.36 ha. The density of culm per clump was 4374/184 per ha. Carbon storage capacity of O. abyssinica was 13.13 tC.ha −1 .
ISSN:0020-7233
1029-0400
DOI:10.1080/00207233.2020.1824972