Wood Density Determination with the Perspective to Decarbonisation of Tropical Forest Species from the Luki Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Specimens of the forest species such as Pentaclethra
macrophylla, Petersianthus macrocarpus, Pycnanthus angolensis and Terminalia superba have been sampled from LUKI Biosphere reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to determine their wood density
with the perspective to decarbonisation. These parameters have been found out
experimentally utilizing a drying technique in an oven including techniques of
immersion in an Erlenmeyer full of water. The corresponding results indicated
that the four species wood
density is respectively 0.85, 0.80,
0.77 and 0.51. These preliminary results will be useful in our ongoing project
on carbon dioxide absorption capacity of Congo rainforest tree species.
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