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Miombo coarse root biomass, DBH only

Root biomassMiombo woodland treesMozambiquenaturalRead from the original paper

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Equation

As printed (Table 1)

log(Bdest,r) = 2.262 log(DBH,dest)-3.370

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

Root biomass = exp(2.262 * ln(D) - 3.370) / 0.47

Paper gives kg carbon; divided by the paper's 0.47 carbon fraction to give kg dry mass. No correction factor, as in the paper.

Source

the mean (47%±0.20) was used for all conversions to C mass

Note · Methods

Calculate

DBH (cm)

64.2

Root biomass (kg)

30.2

Carbon (kg), ×0.47

111

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	64.2	64.2	Computed from the printed form hand-computed from the published form

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