Assessment of above- and belowground carbon pools in a semi-arid forest ecosystem of Delhi, India

Ecological Processes

Table 1 Volume equation and wood density of tree species

Tree species	Volume equation*	Wood density (g cm⁻³)**
Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.	sqrt V = − 0.00142 + 2.61911D − 0.54703 × sqrt D	0.9
A. modesta Wall.	sqrt V = − 0.00142 + 2.61911D − 0.54703 × sqrt D	0.9
A. nilotica (L.) Delile	sqrt V = − 0.00142 + 2.61911D − 0.54703 × sqrt D	0.9
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Bent.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.53
Azadirachta indica Juss.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.7
Bauhinia purpurea L.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.67
Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.48
Cassia fistula L.	V = 0.066 + 0.287D²	0.64
Cordia dichotoma G. Forst.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.53
Crateva religiosa Forst.f.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.53
Ficus drupacea Thunb.	sqrt V = 0.03629 + 3.95389 × D − 0.84421sqrt D	0.39
F. racemosa L.	sqrt V = 0.03629 + 3.95389 × D − 0.84421sqrt D	0.39
Holoptelea integrifolia Planch.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.64
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.5
Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.82
Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.73
Salvadora oleoides Decne.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.59
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels.	V = 0.00471 + 1.79326D²	0.69