Tree Allometrics

Quercus humboldtii / Aboveground biomass

Quercus humboldtii AGB, DBH only (13-year restoration plantation)

Aboveground biomassQuercus humboldtii · FagaceaeColombiaplantationRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 7, equation 19)

AGB = 0.2012 × D^2.351

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

Aboveground biomass = 1.072 * exp(-1.673 + 2.351*ln(D))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

Table 7 gives the final equation with the correction factor e^(RSE^2/2) folded into the coefficient a; here the published form is written from the linear expression in Table 7 with the printed correction factor applied, which agrees with the printed a. Dry mass in kg, D in cm, WD in g/cm3. Trees harvested 2022-2023 in 13-year-old plantations; AGB sums leaves, twigs, branches and trunk. Ranges are for the sampled trees (Table 2). RSE is as printed in Table 5/6.

Source
ln(AGB) = −1.673 + 2.351 ln(D)
Equation · Table 7, equation 19 (linear expression)
e^(RSE²/2) = 1.072
Correction factor · Table 7, equation 19
20
Trees measured · Table 7 / Table 2
Trees measured
20
DBH range
4.75–24.9 cm
Height range
4.92–16.55 m
R²
0.852
Residual SE
0.394
Correction factor
1.072 (applied)
Method
ln-ln linear regression (R 4.3.2), back-transformed with e^(RSE^2/2)
Where
Más Bosques para Medellín mixed restoration plantations, Aburrá valley, Medellín
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
26.7
Aboveground biomass (kg)
12.6
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
46
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range02004006008001,0001,200510152025303540DBH (cm)Aboveground biomass (kg)Aboveground 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 = 826.726.7Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (linear expression with printed correction factor)
D = 15117117Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (linear expression with printed correction factor)
D = 25389389Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (linear expression with printed correction factor)

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