Table 1

Biomass Densities by Land Cover Type

Class Name

DR

CA

Δ

Closed evergreen lowland forest

216.3

273.5

57.2

Degraded evergreen lowland forest

121.2

171.5

50.3

Submontane forest (900 – 1500 m)

238.2

186.8

-51.4

Montane forest (>1500 m)

169.6

94.6

-75.0

Swamp forest

250.7

346.9

96.2

Mangrove

48.3

100.9

52.6

Mosaic Forest/Croplands

91.5

96.6

5.1

Mosaic Forest/Savanna

77.4

91.9

14.5

Closed deciduous forest

84.9

81.8

-3.1

Deciduous woodland

35.2

89.4

54.2

Deciduous shrubland with sparse trees

11.5

61.0

49.5

Open deciduous shrubland

12.8

61.6

48.8

Closed grassland

7.0

73.9

66.9

Open grassland with sparse shrubs

1.0

14.3

13.3

Open grassland

1.9

13.4

11.5

Sparse grassland

2.3

6.0

3.7

Swamp bushland and grassland

32.7

57.3

24.6

Croplands (>50%)

5.3

36.9

31.6

Croplands with woody shrubs

1.1

10.2

9.1

Irrigated croplands

1.6

44.8

43.2

Sandy desert and dunes

0.0

31.0

31.0

Stony desert

1.3

13.0

11.7

Bare rock

0.8

13.4

12.6

Salt hardpans

1.2

42.4

41.2

Water bodies

5.6

107.7

102.1

Land cover classes derived from the GLC2000, average AGB (tons ha-1) derived from the "direct remote sensing" (DR) and from the "combine and assign" (CA) approaches.

The column labelled Δ indicates the difference between approaches (CA-DR).

Goetz et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2009 4:2   doi:10.1186/1750-0680-4-2