Tree Allometrics

Pinus sylvestris / Foliage biomass

Pinus sylvestris foliage biomass vs DBH (Eq. 4), forest-swamp, Middle Urals

Foliage biomassPinus sylvestris · PinaceaeRussianaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Eq. (4) and Table 4, p. 126)

lnPi = a0 + a1lnD (4); lnPf: a0 = –3,0228, a1 = 1,6412

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

Foliage biomass = exp(-3.0228 + 1.6412 * ln(D))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

The Baskerville log-correction is already in the printed intercept a0 (Table 4 footnote), so no separate factor. adjusted R2 reported: 0.813 (not used as r2). Pa excludes dead branches (reported separately as Pmort); the contract cannot express that exclusion. Only the 4 main fractions (stem in bark, branches, foliage, total) are added; bark and dead-branch fits omitted. 18 birch and 12 pine trees from 4 plots in one forest-swamp system. Sampled pines are P. sylvestris f. uliginosa and f. litwinowii (Table 1, p. 121).

Source
18 и 12 деревьев соответственно березы и сосны
Trees measured · Abstract (RU)
Trees measured
12
DBH range
2.4–21.3 cm
Height range
3.67–12.8 m
Residual SE
0.503
Method
log-log regression (OLS on natural logs); Baskerville correction included in the intercept
Where
Forest-swamp system by Lake Isetskoe, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Middle Urals
Last checked
2026-11-01
Calculate
0.683
Foliage biomass (kg)
0.321
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
1.18
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0510152025510152025303540DBH (cm)Foliage biomass (kg)Foliage biomass

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

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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 = 50.6830.683Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (Table 4 coefficients)
D = 102.132.13Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (Table 4 coefficients)
D = 154.144.14Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (Table 4 coefficients)

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