Tree Allometrics

Quercus laurina / Aboveground biomass

Quercus laurina: total aboveground biomass (sum of components)

Aboveground biomassQuercus laurina Bonpl. · FagaceaeMexiconaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 9, Quercus laurina)

Bt = ΣBi

In this library's units, ready to compute (kg)

Aboveground biomass = (exp(-3.184629) * D^2.025824 * H^0.690906) + (exp(-6.893717) * (D^2 * H)^1.247303) + (exp(-4.816123) * D^2.174373)
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

Table 1 sample size and ranges for this species. Adjusted R2 (not stored): stem 0.98, branches 0.94, foliage 0.92, total 0.98 (Table 9). Total is the sum of the component equations, as the paper defines it.

Source
Bf = exp (– 3.184629) × Dn^2.025824 × At^0.690906
Equation · Table 9, Quercus laurina
Br = exp (– 6.893717) × (Dn² × At)^1.247303
Equation · Table 9, Quercus laurina
Bh = exp (– 4.816123) × Dn^2.174373
Equation · Table 9, Quercus laurina
30
Trees measured · Table 1, Q. laurina
Trees measured
30
DBH range
5.8–48.6 cm
Height range
4.35–20.6 m
Method
Additive system of component equations fitted simultaneously (iterated seemingly unrelated regression)
Where
Sierra de Santa Rosa, Guanajuato (bosques de encino)
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
99.9
Aboveground biomass (kg)
47
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
172
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0100200300400500600510152025303540DBH (cm)Aboveground biomass (kg)Aboveground biomass

Shaded: the DBH range the model was fitted on. Other inputs held at the values above.

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On every build, the library's form and the paper's own form (in its units) must both give these values within 1%.

InputsExpectedWe getFrom
D = 18.6, H = 9.299.999.9Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (Table 9)
D = 35.8, H = 15.7646646Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (Table 9)

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