{"id":"kachamba-2016-bgb-m1","source":{"id":"kachamba-2016","citation":"Kachamba, D.J., Eid, T., Gobakken, T. (2016). Above- and Belowground Biomass Models for Trees in the Miombo Woodlands of Malawi. Forests, 7(2), 38.","title":"Above- and Belowground Biomass Models for Trees in the Miombo Woodlands of Malawi","authors":["Kachamba, D.J.","Eid, T.","Gobakken, T."],"year":2016,"venue":"Forests","doi":"10.3390/f7020038","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f7020038","read_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20160828091649id_/http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/2/38/pdf","access":"open","license":"CC BY 4.0","checked_at":"2026-11-01","status":"current"},"name":"Malawi miombo belowground biomass, DBH only (Model 1)","output":{"quantity":"bgb"},"expression":"0.284615 * D^1.992658","published":{"expression":"0.284615 * dbh^1.992658","units":{"dbh":"cm"},"variables":{"dbh":"D"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"mixed","name":"Miombo woodland trees","group":"broadleaf"},"region":{"scope":"national","countries":["MW"],"place":"Miombo woodlands at Mtangatanga, Kongwe, Tsamba and Mua-livulezi, Malawi","biomes":["tropical","dryland"]},"stand":"natural","fit":{"n_trees":41,"r2":0.94,"method":"weighted nonlinear regression (SAS PROC MODEL); r2 is pseudo-R2"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"Belowground 1 41 0.284615 × dbh^1.992658 0.94","locator":"Table 5"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":20},"expected":111.37,"origin":"computed","note":"hand-computed from the published form"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-01","notes":"Fitted by weighted nonlinear regression; no correction factor."}