Tree Allometrics

Pinus brutia / Foliage biomass

Pinus brutia needle biomass, Lebanon (Eq. 29)

Foliage biomassPinus brutia · PinaceaeLebanonnaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 3, Lebanon, Eq. 29, p. 105)

y = e^(0.078 + 10.665·d/(d + 26.492) − 0.855·ln h)

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

Foliage biomass = exp(0.078 + 10.665 * D / (D + 26.492) - 0.855 * ln(H))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

Printed residual standard error 0.442 and variance function coefficient δ = 0.952 (model fitted on the original scale, so RSE is not a log-scale value and is not entered as fit.rse). Total aboveground biomass = stem + branches + needles (dry). DBH-only forms are those the authors recommend for tree- and forest-level predictions. Country-specific DBH and height ranges are not printed, so none are entered. Equations using crown length (19, 21) and the crown-biomass equations (23, 24, 33, 34, 43, 44) are not included.

Source
Lebanon (101 trees)
Trees measured · Section 2.1, p. 103
Trees measured
101
Method
nonlinear generalized least squares on the intrinsically linear form, power variance function (no back-transform correction)
Where
Lebanon (sparse, uneven-aged stands)
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
3.4
Foliage biomass (kg)
1.6
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
5.85
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
020406080100120510152025303540DBH (cm)Foliage biomass (kg)Foliage 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 = 10, H = 83.43.4Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 25, H = 1420.120.1Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 45, H = 2556.856.8Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)

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