Tree Allometrics

Vochysia guatemalensis / Total biomass

Vochysia guatemalensis plantations, total tree biomass incl. roots (Bt)

Total biomassVochysia guatemalensis · VochysiaceaeCosta RicaplantationRead from the original paper
Photo of Vochysia guatemalensis
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Equation

As printed (Cuadro 2, Vochysia guatemalensis (R2aj %, SEE, IF, n, FC))

Bt = exp(-1,44742 + 1,3308* d ^0,5) 97,98 0,3682 – 51 1,07

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

Total biomass = 1.07 * exp(-1.44742 + 1.3308 * D^0.5)
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

Bt is whole-tree dry biomass including excavated roots (kg/tree), so the output is total (above + below) biomass, not AGB. FC = 1,07 (exp(SEE²/2)) is printed in its own column and multiplied in here. One mean-diameter tree harvested per plot, plantations 0,5–16 years old; r2 is adjusted R². Diameter range is for the 54 sampled trees; the Bt model used n = 51.

Source
en V. guatemalensis la muestra fue de 54 individuos con diámetros entre 0,5 y 40,5 cm
Smallest DBH · Métodos, p. 37
Los modelos seleccionados con transformaciones logarítmicas fueron corregidos utilizando un factor de corrección (FC)
Correction factor · Métodos, p. 39
biomasa total (Bt), que incluye todos los componentes del árbol
Output · Resultados, p. 39
Trees measured
51
DBH range
0.5–40.5 cm
R²
0.9798
Residual SE
0.3682
Correction factor
1.07 (applied)
Method
OLS on ln(Bt) vs √d (Statgraphics); Sprugel correction factor
Where
Caribbean (Atlantic) lowlands of Costa Rica
Last checked
2026-11-01
Calculate
96.7
Total biomass (kg)
45.5
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
167
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range02004006008001,0001,200510152025303540DBH (cm)Total biomass (kg)Total biomass

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

Checks this equation passes

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 = 2096.796.7Computed from the printed form
computed from the Cuadro 2 model times FC 1,07

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