Supplement 1. Raw data used for biomass allometric models and height-diameter models.

File List AGB-spiny-dry.txt (md5: c2fe8cd5cc3d36bb841c95b6187eda6a) AGB-moist-wet.txt (md5: 2ab27f70f2da551d6683cfd7fc7ee6dc) H-D-spiny-dry.txt (md5: 46d21cf0d2799802cfaaf87c7ab6f8eb) H-D-moist-wet.txt (md5: 95872aa0f7435f88175f9170405076a1) Description AGB-spiny-dry.txt: The AGB-spiny-dry.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree aboveground biomass, tree height, tree diameter and tree wood specific gravity for the sampled trees in the spiny dry forest of Madagascar. Column definitions: Tree: tree number Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010)) dAGB: tree dry aboveground biomass in kilogram (kg) D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm) H: total tree height in meter (m) rho: tree wood specific gravity (unitless) Missing values are represented as “NA”. Checksum values: Column 3 (dry aboveground biomass - dAGB): SUM = 2073.2348083864; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132). Column 4 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 1044.7567084324; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132). Column 5 (total tree height - H): SUM = 655.12; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132). Column 6 (wood specific gravity - rho): SUM = 73.7203325995; 0 missing values (rows with data: 132). AGB-moist-wet.txt: The AGB-moist-wet.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree aboveground biomass, tree height, tree diameter and tree wood specific gravity for the sampled trees in the moist-wet forest of Madagascar. Column definitions: Tree: tree number Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010)) dAGB: tree dry aboveground biomass in kilogram (kg) D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm) H: total tree height in meter (m) rho: tree wood specific gravity (unitless) Missing values are represented as “NA”. Checksum values: Column 3 (dry aboveground biomass - dAGB): SUM = 107579.770384427; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336). Column 4 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 7077.398089172; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336). Column 5 (total tree height - H): SUM = 4939.1; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336). Column 6 (wood specific gravity - rho): SUM = 198.4641914636; 0 missing values (rows with data: 336). H-D-spiny-dry.txt: The H-D-spiny-dry.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree height and tree DBH in the spiny dry forest of Madagascar. Column definitions: Tree: tree number Source: data origin (destructive sampling for biomass allometric models or plot inventory) Vname: vernacular name Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010)) D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm) H: total tree height in meter (m) Missing values are represented as “NA”. Checksum values: Column 5 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 1044.7567084324; 369 missing values (rows with data: 132). Column 6 (total tree height - H): SUM = 2868.92; 0 missing values (rows with data: 501). H-D-moist-wet.txt: The H-D-moist-wet.txt file is a tab-separated data-set. It contains the raw data for tree height and tree DBH in the moist-wet forest of Madagascar. Column definitions: Tree: tree number Source: data origin (destructive sampling for biomass allometric models or plot inventory) Vname: vernacular name Species: species scientific name (family, genus and species names refer to the Tropicos database (MBG, 2010)) D: tree diameter at 1.30 m height in centimeter (cm) H: total tree height in meter (m) Missing values are represented as “NA”. Checksum values: Column 5 (tree diameter at 1.30 m - D): SUM = 22544.2377551619; 0 missing values (rows with data: 812). Column 6 (total tree height - H): SUM = 13273.5; 0 missing values (rows with data: 812).