{"id":"zianis-2003-iv-mft","source":{"id":"zianis-2003","citation":"Zianis, D., & Mencuccini, M. (2003). Aboveground biomass relationships for beech (Fagus moesiaca Cz.) trees in Vermio Mountain, Northern Greece, and generalised equations for Fagus sp. Annals of Forest Science, 60(5), 439–448.","title":"Aboveground biomass relationships for beech (Fagus moesiaca Cz.) trees in Vermio Mountain, Northern Greece, and generalised equations for Fagus sp.","authors":["Zianis, D.","Mencuccini, M."],"year":2003,"type":"journal-article","venue":"Annals of Forest Science","doi":"10.1051/forest:2003036","url":"https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2003036","read_url":"https://hal.science/hal-00883716/document","access":"open","checked_at":"2026-11-05","status":"current","notes":"The publisher's PDF returned HTTP 403 to the automated check, so publisher access could not be confirmed; the supplied HAL paper copy was read."},"name":"Fagus moesiaca total foliage dry biomass, nonlinear DBH fit (Table IV MFT)","output":{"quantity":"foliage_biomass"},"expression":"0.0057 * D^1.9836","published":{"expression":"0.0057 * D^1.9836","units":{"D":"cm"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"species","name":"Fagus moesiaca","group":"broadleaf"},"region":{"scope":"site","countries":["GR"],"place":"Vermio Mountain, Northern Greece","biomes":["temperate"]},"stand":"natural","fit":{"n_trees":16,"dbh_min_cm":5.19,"dbh_max_cm":40.6,"r2":0.96,"method":"nonlinear regression on the original scale"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"MFT = aDᵇ; a = 0.0057, b = 1.9836","locator":"Table IV, model in caption and MFT row, p. 443"},{"field":"expression","quote":"MFT             D           0.0057          1.9836","locator":"Table IV, MFT, p. 443"},{"field":"output","quote":"MFT = MFC + MFE","locator":"Table III note, p. 442"},{"field":"output","quote":"oven dried to constant weight","locator":"Section 2.2, p. 441"},{"field":"published.units","quote":"Biomass is expressed in kg, diameter in cm, and height in m.","locator":"Table III note, p. 442"},{"field":"taxon","quote":"Fagus moesiaca Cz.","locator":"Abstract, p. 439"},{"field":"region","quote":"Vermio Mountains of Northern\nGreece","locator":"Abstract, p. 439"},{"field":"region","quote":"the forest can be classified as temperate Mediterranean","locator":"Section 2.1, p. 440"},{"field":"stand","quote":"Naturally regenerated, pure beech","locator":"Section 2.1, p. 440 (rendered page)"},{"field":"fit.n_trees","quote":"number of sampled trees was 16","locator":"Table III caption, p. 442"},{"field":"fit.dbh_min_cm","quote":"5.19 to 40.6 cm","locator":"Section 2.2, p. 441"},{"field":"fit.dbh_max_cm","quote":"5.19 to 40.6 cm","locator":"Section 2.2, p. 441"},{"field":"fit.r2","quote":"0.96","locator":"Table IV, MFT, R2, p. 443"},{"field":"fit.method","quote":"Nonlinear equations were developed for","locator":"Section 3.1, p. 443"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":20},"expected":2.170691,"origin":"computed","note":"Computed from the Table IV nonlinear power fit."}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-05","notes":"D is DBH at 1.3 m. This original-scale nonlinear fit needs no log back-transformation correction. Total foliage includes crown and epicormic foliage. The retained 5.19–40.6 cm range is explicitly reported in the methods (p. 441); the later comparison describes a largest Greek tree of 41.45 cm (p. 446). That sample-description discrepancy is not used to extend the reported range."}