Table 3.

Correlation Matrix between dependent and independent tree variables.

Species	Compartment	Tree variable
		Dsh	dbh	ht	cd
A. gummifera	Foliage biomass	0.97***	0.97***	0.87***	0.87***
	Branch biomass	0.88***	0.91***	0.75***	0.70**
	Merchantable Stem biomass	0.93***	0.95***	0.8***	0.76***
	Total Above ground biomass	0.91***	0.94***	0.78***	0.74***
C. macrostachyus	Foliage biomass	0.91***	0.93***	0.72*	0.59
	Branch biomass	0.95***	0.94***	0.73*	0.43
	Merchantable Stem biomass	0.98***	0.97***	0.83**	0.45
	Total Above ground biomass	0.98***	0.97***	0.79**	0.45
S. guineense	Foliage biomass	0.93***	0.92***	0.63	0.93***
	Branch biomass	0.90***	0.88***	0.54	0.85***
	Merchantable Stem biomass	0.90***	0.88***	0.60	0.86***
	Total Above ground biomass	0.91***	0.90***	0.59	0.87***
V.dainellii	Foliage biomass	0.94***	0.95***	0.86***	0.91***
	Branch biomass	0.91***	0.94***	0.81**	0.89***
	Merchantable Stem biomass	0.95***	0.98***	0.87***	0.92***
	Total Above ground biomass	0.94***	0.96***	0.85**	0.91***
B. abyssinica	Foliage biomass	0.94***	0.89***	0.76**	0.69
	Branch biomass	0.93***	0.85***	0.72	0.64
	Merchantable Stem biomass	0.91***	0.94***	0.87	0.76*
	Total Above ground biomass	0.94***	0.90***	0.79**	0.70

dsh, diameter at stump height; dbh, diameter at breast height; ht, total tree height; and cd; crown diameter; Significance level: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.