Tree Allometrics

Fagus moesiaca / Foliage biomass

Fagus moesiaca crown foliage dry biomass, DBH (Table III lnMFC)

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Equation

As printed (Table III, model in caption and lnMFC row, p. 442)

lnMFC = ln a + b lnD; ln a = −5.5168, b = 1.9979

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

Foliage biomass = 1.15 * exp(-5.5168 + 1.9979 * ln(D))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

D is DBH at 1.3 m. Multiply by Table III's CF once; it equals exp(SEE²/2), although the text calls SEE²/2 CF. Crown foliage only, not total foliage. The authors report better predictions with measured height, Eq. 5. The retained 5.19–40.6 cm range is explicitly reported in the methods (p. 441); the later comparison describes a largest Greek tree of 41.45 cm (p. 446). That sample-description discrepancy is not used to extend the reported range.

Source
lnMFC lnD –5.5168 1.9979
Equation · Table III, lnMFC, p. 442
MFC: foliage mass in crown
Output · Table III note, p. 442
oven dried to constant weight
Output · Section 2.2, p. 441
Biomass is expressed in kg, diameter in cm, and height in m.
Units · Table III note, p. 442
Fagus moesiaca Cz.
Taxon · Abstract, p. 439
Vermio Mountains of Northern Greece
Where · Abstract, p. 439
the forest can be classified as temperate Mediterranean
Where · Section 2.1, p. 440
Naturally regenerated, pure beech
stand · Section 2.1, p. 440 (rendered page)
number of sampled trees was 16
Trees measured · Table III caption, p. 442
5.19 to 40.6 cm
Smallest DBH · Section 2.2, p. 441
5.19 to 40.6 cm
Largest DBH · Section 2.2, p. 441
0.87
R² · Table III, lnMFC, R2, p. 442
0.5287
Residual standard error · Table III, lnMFC, SEE, p. 442
1.15
Correction factor · Table III, lnMFC, CF, p. 442
Napierian logarithmic function
method · Section 3.1, p. 442
Trees measured
16
DBH range
5.19–40.6 cm
R²
0.87
Residual SE
0.5287
Correction factor
1.15 (applied)
Method
natural-log regression
Where
Vermio Mountain, Northern Greece
Last checked
2026-11-05
Calculate
1.84
Foliage biomass (kg)
0.863
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
3.17
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12

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 = 201.841.84Computed from the printed form
Computed from Table III coefficients and CF.

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