{"id":"cunliffe-2020-hmax","source":{"id":"cunliffe-2020","citation":"Cunliffe, A. M., McIntire, C. D., Boschetti, F., Sauer, K. J., Litvak, M., Anderson, K., & Brazier, R. E. (2020). Allometric Relationships for Predicting Aboveground Biomass and Sapwood Area of Oneseed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma) Trees. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 94.","title":"Allometric Relationships for Predicting Aboveground Biomass and Sapwood Area of Oneseed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma) Trees","authors":["Cunliffe, A. M.","McIntire, C. D.","Boschetti, F."],"year":2020,"venue":"Frontiers in Plant Science","doi":"10.3389/fpls.2020.00094","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00094","read_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00094/pdf","access":"open","license":"CC BY","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current"},"name":"Oneseed juniper AGB from maximum canopy height","output":{"quantity":"agb"},"expression":"0.773 * H^4.347","published":{"expression":"0.773 * HMax^4.347","units":{"HMax":"m"},"variables":{"HMax":"H"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"species","name":"Juniperus monosperma","family":"Cupressaceae","group":"conifer"},"region":{"scope":"site","countries":["US"],"place":"central New Mexico (34.429N, 105.861W)","biomes":["dryland"]},"stand":"natural","fit":{"n_trees":18,"method":"power model, nonlinear least squares (Gauss-Newton)"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"HMax (m)  Y = a * Xb  0.773 (0.587)  4.347 (0.520)  37.18  18","locator":"Table 2"},{"field":"fit.n_trees","quote":"The 18 trees harvested","locator":"Results"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"H":2},"expected":15.731,"origin":"computed","note":"hand-computed from the published form"},{"inputs":{"H":4},"expected":320.1358,"origin":"computed","note":"hand-computed from the published form"},{"inputs":{"H":5.5},"expected":1278.0155,"origin":"computed","note":"hand-computed from the published form"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"HMax is the maximum canopy height of the tree, taken as total height H. Trees in the study were 0.62 to 5.83 m (Table 1, all 20 measured trees, so not given as a fit range). The canopy-area equations in Table 2 have no canonical input and are not included."}