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Large caatinga species (the six listed after the three small ones), ground-level diameter

Aboveground biomassLarge caatinga species (the six listed after the three small ones)BrazilnaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 2, p. 938)

Large species (next 6): 0.0871*DGL2.3366 R2 0.9505

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

Aboveground biomass = 0.0871 * DRC^2.3366
DRC
Root collar / stem base diameter, cm

Table 2 prints each equation as a*DGL^b or a*DBH^b with the exponent as superscript (flattened here with ^). Biomass is oven-dry aboveground plant biomass in kg (Table 2 title), diameters in cm. Wood dried at 60 C. Plants were cut at the base and the stump was included in the weighed biomass. Perimeters were converted to diameters assuming a circular shape; for branching below measuring height, branch areas were summed into one equivalent diameter. DGL is stem diameter at ground level, mapped to DRC. Group equation; n not stated for the group and left out.

Source
R2 0.9505
R² · Table 2, p. 938
R²
0.9505
Method
power equation B = a*x^b (oven-dry aboveground biomass, kg)
Where
Santaluz (Bahia) and Petrolina (Pernambuco), Depressão Sertaneja, Brazilian semiarid
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
3.74
Aboveground biomass (kg)
1.76
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
6.45
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
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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
DRC = 53.743.74Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form
DRC = 1548.848.8Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form

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