{"id":"dong-2016-larch-sys2-branch","source":{"id":"dong-2016","citation":"Dong, L., Zhang, L., & Li, F. (2016). Developing Two Additive Biomass Equations for Three Coniferous Plantation Species in Northeast China. Forests, 7(7), 136.","title":"Developing Two Additive Biomass Equations for Three Coniferous Plantation Species in Northeast China","authors":["Dong, L.","Zhang, L.","Li, F."],"year":2016,"venue":"Forests","doi":"10.3390/f7070136","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f7070136","read_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/7/136/htm","access":"open","license":"CC BY 4.0","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current"},"name":"Larch (Larix gmelinii) branch biomass from D and H (System 2, Table 4)","output":{"quantity":"branch_biomass"},"expression":"exp(-3.3632 + 2.6728 * ln(D) - 0.7052 * ln(H))","published":{"expression":"exp(-3.3632 + 2.6728 * ln(D) - 0.7052 * ln(H))","units":{"D":"cm","H":"m"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"species","name":"Larix gmelinii","family":"Pinaceae","group":"conifer"},"region":{"scope":"regional","countries":["CN"],"place":"Pure plantations, northeast China","biomes":["temperate"]},"stand":"plantation","fit":{"n_trees":90,"dbh_min_cm":7.6,"dbh_max_cm":35.7,"h_min_m":8.3,"h_max_m":27,"method":"seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) on log-transformed additive system, ln W = a + b ln D + c ln H"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"lnWb = a* + b* × lnD + c* × lnH; Table 4, Larch, System 2 (D and H): Branch | -3.3632 | 2.6728 | -0.7052","locator":"Eqs. (2) and Table 4"},{"field":"fit.n_trees","quote":"a total of 114 Korean pine trees, 90 larch trees, and 85 Mongolian pine trees were destructively sampled","locator":"Section 2.2"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":10.4,"H":12},"expected":3.1381,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)"},{"inputs":{"D":18.8,"H":17.6},"expected":11.6577,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)"},{"inputs":{"D":30.1,"H":23.3},"expected":33.6538,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"Larch (Larix gmelinii) plantations, System 2 (D and H) of Table 4: ln W = a* + b* ln D + c* ln H, natural logarithm, coefficients as printed (a*, b*, c*). No correction factor is stated in the paper, none applied. n and D/H ranges from Table 2 (sample statistics of the fitted trees). Stem includes bark; roots exclude fine roots <5 mm. No R2 recorded (adjusted R2 only)."}