# Canadian national equation, alpine fir, dbh and height (foliage; Table 4)

Foliage biomass equation for Abies lasiocarpa, Canada, from Lambert et al. 2005. 60 trees, DBH 2.1–36.5 cm. Listed on Tree Allometrics, a free library of tree allometric equations, each quoted from the source that published it.

## Equation

As printed in Lambert et al. 2005 (Eq. 3):

> y foliage = β foliage1D βfoliage2Hβfoliage3 + efoliage

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#equation

In this library's units, ready to compute (foliage biomass in kg):

```
Foliage biomass = 0.0551 * D^1.7585
```

Inputs: D = Diameter at breast height (1.3 m) (cm).
The source's own form: 0.0551 * dbh^1.7585, with dbh in cm, H in m; output in kg.
Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#canonical

## What it covers

- Output: Foliage biomass, kg
- Taxon: Abies lasiocarpa (species), family Pinaceae; conifer
- Where: Alberta, Canada (ENFOR archival data, early 1980s). Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#where
- Biomes: boreal
- Stand: not stated
- Trees measured: 60. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#n_trees
- DBH range: 2.1–36.5 cm. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#dbh
- Height range: 2.2–23.7 m. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#height
- R²: 0.65. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#r2
- Method: Nonlinear seemingly unrelated regression with weight functions; additivity constrained so compartments sum to total. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#method
- Verification: read in the original source
- Last checked: 2026-11-03. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#checked_at

A missing fit statistic is one the source doesn't state, or that we haven't recorded; it is never estimated. Outside the stated DBH range or region, the equation is an extrapolation.

## Source

Lambert, M.-C., Ung, C.-H., Raulier, F. (2005). Canadian national tree aboveground biomass equations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 35(8), 1996–2018.

- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/x05-112
- Access: paywalled
- Copy we read: https://www.esf.edu/quest/documents/Lambertetal.2005.Canadatreebiomass.pdf
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- Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#source

## The facts, in the source's words

**Equation** (Eq. 3):

> y foliage = β foliage1D βfoliage2Hβfoliage3 + efoliage

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#equation

**Equation** (Table 4, Alpine fir):

> bfoliage1 0.0551

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#quote-expression

**Equation** (Table 4, Alpine fir):

> bfoliage2 1.7585

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#quote-expression-2

**Equation** (Table 4, Alpine fir):

> bfoliage3 —

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#quote-expression-3

**Trees measured** (Table 2 (No. of trees)):

> Alpine fir               60     19.6±1.3     14.8±0.8      158.4±19.5

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#quote-fit-n-trees

**Smallest DBH** (Table 2, Alpine fir (ranges of dbh, height, total biomass)):

> (2.1;36.5)   (2.2;23.7)     (1.7;461.8)

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#quote-fit-dbh-min-cm

**R²** (Table 5, Alpine fir (AdjRSq in the dbh- and height-based set, second block)):

> Foliage 0.0040 0.64 7.8 2.88 0.0065 0.65 7.7 2.78

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#quote-fit-r2

**Our note:** Foliage is leaves and twigs. Height drops out of the foliage term: the paper leaves its height exponent blank (—, not significantly different from zero). r2 is the adjusted R² (AdjRSq) of this compartment in Table 5. Fitted on the original scale (weighted nonlinear seemingly unrelated regression), so there is no back-transform correction. Dead branches, cones and fruits are not part of aboveground biomass in this work (Materials). Stand type was not always recorded. Ung, Bernier & Guo (2008) later revised parameters for some species with British Columbia data; not used here.

## Checks this equation passes

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

| Inputs | Expected | We get | From |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| D = 20, H = 15 | 10.7 | 10.7 | Computed from the printed form: computed from the published form at dbh = 20 cm, H = 15 m |

Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-alpine-fir-dbh-h-foliage/#checks

The calculator on the page shows carbon as biomass × 0.47 (IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Vol. 4, Ch. 4, Table 4.3) and CO₂e as carbon × 44/12.

## How to cite

Cite the source for the equation: Lambert, M.-C., Ung, C.-H., Raulier, F. (2005). Canadian national tree aboveground biomass equations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 35(8), 1996–2018. https://doi.org/10.1139/x05-112

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