Land cover types

Carbon stocks (t C./ha)

Sources

TreeSavanna

32.42 ± 5.4 t.C/ha

[54]

ShrubSavanna

19.44 ± 2.7 t.C/ha

Shrub steppe

8.29 ± 1.0 t.C/ha

Open forest/Woodland

40.45 ± 5.0 t.C/ha

Shrub steppe and Grassland (Northern sandy pastoral region)

14.73 t.C/ha

[52]

Shrubby savannas, often relatively dense (Ferruginous pastoral region)

15.23 t.C/ha

Tree savannas and wooded savannas (Oriental transition region)

29.37 t.C/ha

Herbaceous steppes (Ferlo)

2.0 t.C/ha

[68]

Annualcrops (groundnuts + millet)

8.9 t.C/ha

[55] [56]

Tree plantation (Balanites aegyptiaca, Acacia raddiana)

1.73 tC/ha

[58]

Shrubs, grasslands and sparsely vegetated areas

19.18 ± 2.3 tC/ha

[53]

Cropland

17.18 ± 2.2 tC/ha

Wetlands

59.14 ± 5.0 tC/ha