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ArticleHeliyon2020

Aboveground biomass allocation, additive biomass and carbon sequestration models for

Moussa Ganamé, Philippe Bayen, Kangbéni Dimobe, Issaka Ouédraogo, Adjima Thiombiano

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Moussa GanaméLaboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.
Philippe BayenLaboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.
Kangbéni DimobeLaboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.
Issaka OuédraogoLaboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.
Adjima ThiombianoLaboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efforts to develop allometric models for accurate estimation of biomass and carbon sequestration in Sub-Saharan African savanna ecosystems remain inconclusive. Most available allometric models are not site-specific, and hence do not account for the effects of regional climate variabilities on tree growth and capacity to sequester carbon. In contrast, site-specific biomass allometric models constitute a robust tool for forest and carbon emission management in the context of the reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation program (REDD+). Although site-specific models have been developed for several tropical tree species, such models do not exist for

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Additive allometric modelsBiological sciencesBiomass fractionCarbonEcologyEnvironmental sciencePlant biologySavannaSub-Saharan AfricaTree components

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PMID32368649
PMCPMC7184175

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