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Fagus generalised stem biomass, DBH (Table V)

Stem biomassFagusGlobalRead from the original paperPeer-reviewed sourceNot fully checked

Not fully checked: The methods describe log-transformed generalized fits, but Table V gives neither SEE nor a correction factor for this component and does not establish whether its coefficient includes back-transform correction. This record uses the printed power function; verify correction handling before treating its output as mean stem dry mass.

Covers the whole genus
Equation

As printed (Equation (1), model, p. 441; Table V, Stem row, p. 446)

Y = aXᵇ; a = 0.1321, b = 2.3594

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

Stem biomass = 0.1321 * D^2.3594
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

D is DBH in cm; output is kg dry biomass. This is an original generalized fit to predictions from published equations, not a fit to independent harvested-tree observations. No additional correction can be calculated without SEE or CF. The 1–66 cm bounds are the domain explicitly reported in Table V, not extrema inferred from synthetic class means. The species used specifically for this component fit are not enumerated. Figure 4 describes validation refits excluding the Spanish and Greek equations; it does not print coefficients for those refits, so its plotted predictions are not substituted for Table V.

Source
Stem 0.1321 2.3594 1–66 0.99 12.67%
Equation · Table V, stem, p. 446
Stem
Output · Table V, p. 446
for Fagus genus.
Taxon · Introduction, p. 440
Biomass is expressed in kg, diameter in cm, and height in m.
Units · Table III note, p. 442
were log-transformed and a generalised equation
method · Section 2.4, p. 441
0.99
R² · Table V, stem, p. 446
USA, Maine
Where · Table II, p. 442
EU, Netherlands Centre
Where · Table II, p. 442
1–66
Smallest DBH · Table V, Stem row, D range (cm), p. 446
1–66
Largest DBH · Table V, Stem row, D range (cm), p. 446
DBH range
1–66 cm
R²
0.99
Method
regression on predictions from published equations
Where
Europe and eastern North America (source equations)
Last checked
2026-11-05
Calculate
155
Stem biomass (kg)
72.9
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
267
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%.

InputsExpectedWe getFrom
D = 20155155Computed from the printed form
Computed from the Table V coefficients, without an unreported correction.

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