Table 2 Environmental conditions across sampling sites.

From: LiDAR-based reference aboveground biomass maps for tropical forests of South Asia and Central Africa

Site No.

Site name

Region

Elevation

Slope

MAT

MAP

1

Betul

S-As

487 ± 48

7.8 ± 5.7

25.6 ± 0.3

1266 ± 27

2

Achanakmar

S-As

813 ± 165

8.8 ± 6.8

23.3 ± 0.7

1328 ± 42

3

Yellapur

S-As

459 ± 110

8.7 ± 7.8

24.4 ± 0.5

2383 ± 421

4

Uppangala

S-As

377 ± 122

18.6 ± 8.5

25.1 ± 0.5

3789 ± 63

5

Khaoyai

S-As

757 ± 34

6.8 ± 4.2

23.3 ± 0.1

1127 ± 7

6

Nachtigal

C-Af

527 ± 50

4.5 ± 3.4

24.4 ± 0.5

1588 ± 17

7

Mbalmayo

C-Af

662 ± 11

5.2 ± 3.3

23.6 ± 0.1

1706 ± 1

8

Atout

C-Af

715 ± 11

5.2 ± 3.0

23.7 ± 0.1

1572 ± 1

9

Kompia

C-Af

705 ± 20

5.7 ± 3.3

23.5 ± 0.1

1606 ± 2

10

Somalomo

C-Af

656 ± 13

4.7 ± 3.0

23.7 ± 0.1

1602 ± 3

11

Bouamir

C-Af

696 ± 14

5.3 ± 3.1

23.5 ± 0.1

1616 ± 2

12

Mabounié

C-Af

88 ± 31

7.3 ± 4.6

26.1 ± 0.1

2034 ± 16

13

Rabi

C-Af

68 ± 15

6.3 ± 3.8

25.6 ± 0.1

1826 ± 4

  1. Over the LiDAR acquisition area, the statistics (mean ± standard deviation) of elevation and slope are computed using SRTM at 30-m spatial resolution (V3 product), Mean Annual Temperature (MAT) and Mean Annual Precipitation (MAP) are computed using WorldClim Version 2.1 data.