# Da Silva et al. 2015: Allometric Equations for Estimating Biomass of Euterpe precatoria, the Most Abundant Palm Species in the Amazon

Da Silva, F., Suwa, R., Kajimoto, T., Ishizuka, M., Higuchi, N., & Kunert, N. (2015). Allometric Equations for Estimating Biomass of Euterpe precatoria, the Most Abundant Palm Species in the Amazon. Forests, 6(2), 450–463.

- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f6020450
- Access: open access
- Copy we read: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/2/450/htm
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## Equations from this source (2)

### Euterpe precatoria aboveground mass from D2Hrho

Aboveground biomass for Euterpe precatoria, Brazil. Inputs: DBH + Stem height + Wood density. DBH 3.9–12.7 cm. 20 trees.

As printed (Table 2, row "The present study"):

> Ma = 0.167 × (D2Hρ) 0.883

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### Euterpe precatoria stem mass from D2Hrho

Stem biomass for Euterpe precatoria, Brazil. Inputs: DBH + Stem height + Wood density. DBH 3.9–12.7 cm. 20 trees.

As printed (Table 1 (columns lng, h, adjusted R2; model ln y = ln g + h ln x, Eq. 2)):

> Ms D2Hρ −2.11 (−2.43–−1.79) 0.90 (0.84–0.96) 0.982

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