Fig. 2: Herbivore biomass density and GHG emissions per area in wildlife-dominated Serengeti ecosystem and pastoralism-dominated Loliondo GCA.
From: Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannas
Points and error bars indicate the average and standard deviation of GHG emissions computed by applying five different estimation methods13,14 (IPCC Tiers 1, 2a, and 2b, as well as allometric 1 and 2). GHG calculations include CH4 from enteric fermentation, and CH4 as well as N2O from manure deposition in pasture. Stacked bars indicate the biomass density of large herbivores present in the area. The orange box indicates the estimated range (first and third quartiles) of herbivore biomass density in Africa across medium-productivity ecosystems9.
