Betula populifolia / Foliage biomass

Canadian national equation, grey birch, dbh only (foliage; Table 3)

Foliage biomassBetula populifolia · BetulaceaeCanadaRead from the original paper

Equation

As printed (Eq. 2)

y foliage = β foliage1D βfoliage2 + efoliage

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

Foliage biomass = 0.0099 * D^1.8985

D: Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

Foliage is leaves and twigs. 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.

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:10.1139/x05-112 · Paywalled · copy we read

bfoliage1 0.0099

Equation · Table 3, Grey birch

bfoliage2 1.8985

Equation · Table 3, Grey birch

Grey birch 43 10.3±0.8 8.9±0.5 39.8±6.9

Trees measured · Table 2 (No. of trees)

(2.2;22.7) (2.3;14.9) (0.6;181.0)

Smallest DBH · Table 2, Grey birch (ranges of dbh, height, total biomass)

Foliage 0.0001 0.81 0.5 2.90 0.0008 0.67 0.7 2.18

R² · Table 5, Grey birch (AdjRSq in the dbh-based set, first block)

Trees measured: 43
DBH range: 2.2–22.7 cm
R²: 0.81
Method: Nonlinear seemingly unrelated regression with weight functions; additivity constrained so compartments sum to total
Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (ENFOR archival data, early 1980s)
Last checked: 2026-11-03

Calculate

DBH (cm)

2.92

Foliage biomass (kg)

1.37

Carbon (kg), ×0.47

5.04

CO₂e (kg), ×44/12

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%.

Inputs	Expected	We get	From
D = 20	2.92	2.92	Computed from the printed form computed from the published form at dbh = 20 cm

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