The dry weight was divided by the volume of
fresh weight to estimate the wood specific gravity (Chave et al.,
2006; Condit, 2008). Information was obtained on the stand age
of each forest type from forest compartment registers at the Kenya
Forest Service office in Kakamega Forest (KFS, 2010). The information
was corroborated by elderly members of forest adjoining communities
who worked as casual labourers during commercial
logging and forest plantation establishment.