Tree Allometrics

Larix gmelinii / Total biomass

Dahurian larch total (above + below ground) biomass from D and H (MS-3) (sum of components, Table 6)

Total biomassLarix gmelinii · PinaceaeChinanaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Eq. (14), additive constraints)

Wa = Ws + Wb + Wf + εa; Wt = Wr + Ws + Wb + Wf + εt

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

Total biomass = exp(-3.6977 + 2.8129 * ln(D) - 0.2671 * ln(H)) + exp(-3.7411 + 1.8314 * ln(D) + 1.0978 * ln(H)) + exp(-2.1509 + 2.9966 * ln(D) - 1.5016 * ln(H)) + exp(-2.5753 + 2.4388 * ln(D) - 1.1785 * ln(H))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

Dahurian larch, MS-3: the paper defines this total as the sum of its component equations (Eq. 14 constraints), with coefficients of the component rows in Table 6; the expression is that sum, not a separately printed formula. Stem includes bark; roots exclude fine roots <5 mm.

Source
138 Dahurian larch trees and 108 white birch trees were destructively sampled
Trees measured · Section 2.2
Trees measured
138
DBH range
1.7–28.4 cm
Height range
2.4–21.9 m
Method
seemingly unrelated regression (SUR), additive system, W = exp(b0) D^b1 H^b2
Where
Eastern Daxing'an Mountains, Heilongjiang, northeast China
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
3.55
Total biomass (kg)
1.67
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
6.12
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range02004006008001,0001,2001,400510152025303540DBH (cm)Total biomass (kg)Total 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 = 4, H = 53.553.55Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 10, H = 1135.335.3Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 18, H = 17158158Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)

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