# Canadian national equation, white spruce, dbh only (sum of wood, bark, branches, foliage; Table 3) Aboveground biomass equation for Picea glauca, Canada, from Lambert et al. 2005. 832 trees, DBH 1.8–51.9 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. 2): > y wood = β wood1D βwood2 + ewood Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#equation In this library's units, ready to compute (aboveground biomass in kg): ``` Aboveground biomass = 0.0359 * D^2.5775 + 0.0116 * D^2.3022 + 0.0283 * D^2.0823 + 0.1601 * D^1.467 ``` Inputs: D = Diameter at breast height (1.3 m) (cm). The source's own form: 0.0359 * dbh^2.5775 + 0.0116 * dbh^2.3022 + 0.0283 * dbh^2.0823 + 0.1601 * dbh^1.467, with dbh in cm; output in kg. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#canonical ## What it covers - Output: Aboveground biomass, kg - Taxon: Picea glauca (species), family Pinaceae; conifer - Where: Canada: Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon (ENFOR archival data, early 1980s). Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#where - Biomes: boreal, temperate - Stand: not stated - Trees measured: 832. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#n_trees - DBH range: 1.8–51.9 cm. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#dbh - R²: 0.95. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#r2 - Method: Nonlinear seemingly unrelated regression with weight functions; additivity constrained so compartments sum to total. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#method - Verification: read in the original source - Last checked: 2026-11-03. Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#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 - Every equation from this source: https://treeallometry.org/sources/lambert-2005/ - Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#source ## The facts, in the source's words **Equation** (Eq. 2): > y wood = β wood1D βwood2 + ewood Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#equation **Equation** (Eq. 2): > y bark = β bark1D βbark2 + e bark Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression **Equation** (Eq. 2): > y branches = β branches1D βbranches2 + e branches Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-2 **Equation** (Eq. 2): > y foliage = β foliage1D βfoliage2 + efoliage Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-3 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > White spruce bwood1 0.0359 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-4 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > bwood2 2.5775 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-5 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > bbark1 0.0116 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-6 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > bbark2 2.3022 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-7 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > bbranches1 0.0283 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-8 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > bbranches2 2.0823 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-9 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > bfoliage1 0.1601 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-10 **Equation** (Table 3, White spruce): > bfoliage2 1.4670 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-expression-11 **Trees measured** (Table 2 (No. of trees)): > White spruce 832 16.6±0.3 12.9±0.2 123.6±5.7 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-fit-n-trees **Smallest DBH** (Table 2, White spruce (ranges of dbh, height, total biomass)): > (1.8;51.9) (1.1;37.5) (0.4;1344.6) Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-fit-dbh-min-cm **R²** (Table 5, White spruce (AdjRSq in the dbh-based set, first block)): > Total 0.0031 0.95 35.3 4.04 0.0062 0.98 24.9 3.60 Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#quote-fit-r2 **Our note:** Total aboveground biomass = wood + bark + branches + foliage, each fitted as its own equation; the total is their sum (additivity by construction). 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 | 120 | 120 | Computed from the printed form: computed from the published form at dbh = 20 cm | Cite: https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/#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 Cite this page for the record and checks: Tree Allometrics (Restoration Scope), "Canadian national equation, white spruce, dbh only (sum of wood, bark, branches, foliage; Table 3)", checked 2026-11-03, https://treeallometry.org/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce/. Data CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Quotes are the authors' words. Data for this equation: https://treeallometry.org/data/equations/lambert-2005-white-spruce.json Report a problem: email info@restorationscope.com with the equation id (lambert-2005-white-spruce) and where the right value appears.