{"id":"amanuel-2024-total-m5","source":{"id":"amanuel-2024","citation":"Amanuel, W., Tadesse, C., Molla, M., Getinet, D., Mekonnen, Z. (2024). Allometric equation for estimating aboveground biomass of Acacia-Commiphora forest, southern Ethiopia. Journal of Ecology and Environment, 48, 20.","title":"Allometric equation for estimating aboveground biomass of Acacia-Commiphora forest, southern Ethiopia","authors":["Amanuel, W.","Tadesse, C.","Molla, M."],"year":2024,"venue":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","doi":"10.5141/jee.24.036","url":"https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.24.036","read_url":"https://www.e-jecoenv.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5141/jee.24.036","access":"open","license":"CC BY 4.0","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current","notes":"Read the full open PDF. Eight of the nine total-AGB models (M1-M5, M7-M9) are captured; M6 (D, H, CW) is not. Stem, branch and foliage models are not captured (the branch parameters in Table 3 look like a linear-scale fit while the text prints them inside exp{}). Inconsistencies in the paper: the abstract says M9 uses DSH10 while Table 1, Table 3 and the text use DSH30; the Table 3 caption says twelve species while the Methods and Conclusions say eleven."},"name":"Acacia-Commiphora total AGB, M5 (D, crown width)","output":{"quantity":"agb"},"expression":"exp(-0.3013 + 0.9545 * ln(D) + 1.0361 * ln(CD))","published":{"expression":"exp(-0.3013 + 0.9545 * ln(D) + 1.0361 * ln(CW))","units":{"CW":"m","D":"cm"},"variables":{"CW":"CD"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"mixed","name":"Eleven woody species of the Acacia-Commiphora biome (mixed)","group":"broadleaf"},"region":{"scope":"site","countries":["ET"],"place":"Bena-Tsemay district, southern Ethiopia","biomes":["tropical","dryland"]},"stand":"natural","fit":{"n_trees":140,"r2":0.79,"method":"ln-ln multiple linear regression (SAS); no correction factor stated"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"5   –0.3013   0.2230   0.9545   0.1577   1.0361   0.2172   0.45   0.79   0.78","locator":"Table 3, AGBTotal rows, p. 6; model form in Table 1, p. 4"},{"field":"model form","quote":"AGBest. = exp {α + β1Ln (D) + β2Ln (CW)}","locator":"Table 1, p. 4"},{"field":"fit.n_trees","quote":"The biomass of the 140 individual trees was considered for biomass model development.","locator":"Methods, Biomass measurement, p. 3"},{"field":"fit.r2","quote":"5   –0.3013   0.2230   0.9545   0.1577   1.0361   0.2172   0.45   0.79   0.78","locator":"Table 3, AGBTotal, columns R2 / Adj-R2"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":8,"CD":3},"expected":16.807,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed, no correction factor)"},{"inputs":{"D":15,"CD":4.5},"expected":46.614,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed, no correction factor)"},{"inputs":{"D":25,"CD":6},"expected":102.26,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed, no correction factor)"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"Total aboveground dry biomass (stem + branches + foliage summed). In the paper D is DBH (cm), DSH30 is stem diameter at 30 cm (mapped to D30), CW is crown width (mapped to CD, m), rho is basic wood density (g/cm3). R2 shown is the printed R2 (Adj-R2 is within 0.01). No back-transformation correction factor is printed, so none is applied. The paper prints the mean D (12.61 cm) and a D range width of 29 cm but no min or max, so no DBH range is stored. RMSE printed in Table 3 is on the log scale. n = 140 is the full sample; Methods (p. 3) say 30% was held out for validation, so the fitted n may be ~98."}