{"id":"dutca-2020-beech-bay2-dh","source":{"id":"dutca-2020","citation":"Dutcă, I., Zianis, D., Petrițan, I. C., Bragă, C. I., Ștefan, G., Yuste, J. C., & Petrițan, A. M. (2020). Allometric Biomass Models for European Beech and Silver Fir: Testing Approaches to Minimize the Demand for Site-Specific Biomass Observations. Forests, 11(11), 1136.","title":"Allometric Biomass Models for European Beech and Silver Fir: Testing Approaches to Minimize the Demand for Site-Specific Biomass Observations","authors":["Dutcă, I.","Zianis, D.","Petrițan, I. C."],"year":2020,"venue":"Forests","doi":"10.3390/f11111136","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111136","read_url":"https://bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18110/1/forests-11-01136.pdf","access":"open","license":"CC BY 4.0","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current"},"name":"European beech AGB, Bayesian, Dataset #2, D and H","output":{"quantity":"agb"},"expression":"1.0109 * exp(-2.9856 + 2.1347 * ln(D) + 0.6324 * ln(H))","published":{"expression":"1.0109 * exp(-2.9856 + 2.1347 * ln(D) + 0.6324 * ln(H))","units":{"D":"cm","H":"m"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"species","name":"Fagus sylvatica","family":"Fagaceae","group":"broadleaf"},"region":{"scope":"site","countries":["RO"],"place":"Șinca virgin forest, Romania","biomes":["temperate","montane"]},"stand":"natural","fit":{"n_trees":7,"dbh_min_cm":5.7,"dbh_max_cm":20,"h_min_m":6.2,"h_max_m":19.8,"rse":0.1475,"cf":1.0109,"method":"Bayesian log-log model with informative priors from the generic sample"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"ln(D),ln(H): β0 = -2.9856, β1 = 2.1347, β2 = 0.6324, RSE = 0.1475, CF = 1.0109","locator":"Table 5, European beech, Bayesian, Dataset #2, ln(D),ln(H) (Equation 3; back-transformed as Equation 5)"},{"field":"fit.n_trees","quote":"smallest 7 trees for each of the two species","locator":"Section 2.1.2 (Dataset #2), p. 4"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":15,"H":12},"expected":79.6443,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)"},{"inputs":{"D":25,"H":18},"expected":306.2637,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"Fit on Dataset #2 (reduced site sample of 7 trees, Bayesian priors from generic data). Whole-tree dry AGB including foliage (stem and branches with leaves/needles weighed and dried). Equation form AGB = exp(β0)·D^β1·(H^β2)·CF with CF = exp(σ²/2) printed in Table 5 and applied here. D in cm, H in m, output kg (units not restated beside Table 5; stated in Table 1 for D, H, AGB)."}