# Goodman et al. 2013: Amazon palm biomass and allometry

Goodman, R. C., Phillips, O. L., del Castillo Torres, D., Freitas, L., Cortese, S. T., Monteagudo, A., & Baker, T. R. (2013). Amazon palm biomass and allometry. Forest Ecology and Management, 310, 994–1004.

- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.045
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- Copy we read: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/77906/7/Amazon%20Palm%20Biomass_Goodman_with_coversheet.pdf
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- Page: https://treeallometry.org/sources/goodman-2013/

## Equations from this source (9)

### Amazon arborescent palms, family-level AGB from diameter only

Aboveground biomass for Arecaceae, Peru. Inputs: DBH. DBH 6–40 cm. 97 trees.

As printed (Table 3 (y, x1, a, b, R2, n, RSE)):

> Family-level ln(AGB) ln(D) -3.3488 2.7483 0.802 97 0.588

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-palm-family-d/

### Astrocaryum murumuru AGB from stem height (through origin)

Aboveground biomass for Astrocaryum murumuru, Peru. Inputs: Stem height. DBH 15–29 cm. 18 trees.

As printed (Table 3 ('.' = no intercept; RSE in kg)):

> Astrocaryum AGB Hstem . 21.302 0.957 18 26.1

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-astrocaryum-murumuru/

### Attalea phalerata AGB from stem height

Aboveground biomass for Attalea phalerata, Peru. Inputs: Stem height. DBH 17–50 cm. 21 trees.

As printed (Table 3):

> Attalea ln(AGB) ln(Hstem+1) 3.2579 1.1249 0.858 21 0.371

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-attalea-phalerata/

### Euterpe precatoria AGB from stem height (linear)

Aboveground biomass for Euterpe precatoria, Peru. Inputs: Stem height. DBH 12–19 cm. 8 trees.

As printed (Table 3 (RSE in kg for untransformed models)):

> Euterpe AGB Hstem -108.81 13.589 0.973 8 8.37

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-euterpe-precatoria/

### Iriartea deltoidea AGB from diameter and stem height

Aboveground biomass for Iriartea deltoidea, Peru. Inputs: DBH + Stem height. DBH 6–33 cm. 21 trees.

As printed (Table 3):

> Iriartea ln(AGB) ln(D2Hstem) -3.483 0.94371 0.967 21 0.311

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-iriartea-deltoidea/

### Mauritia flexuosa (aguaje) AGB from stem height

Aboveground biomass for Mauritia flexuosa, Peru. Inputs: Stem height. DBH 19–36 cm. 16 trees.

As printed (Table 3):

> Mauritia ln(AGB) ln(Hstem) 2.4647 1.3777 0.897 16 0.273

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-mauritia-flexuosa/

### Mauritiella aculeata AGB from stem height (through origin)

Aboveground biomass for Mauritiella aculeata, Peru. Inputs: Stem height. DBH 8–15 cm. 18 trees.

As printed (Table 3):

> Mauritiella AGB Hstem . 2.8662 0.972 18 8.21

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-mauritiella-aculeata/

### Oenocarpus bataua AGB from stem height

Aboveground biomass for Oenocarpus bataua, Peru. Inputs: Stem height. DBH 21–41 cm. 10 trees.

As printed (Table 3):

> Oenocarpus ln(AGB) Hstem 4.5496 0.1387 0.784 10 0.237

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-oenocarpus-bataua/

### Socratea exorrhiza AGB from diameter and stem height

Aboveground biomass for Socratea exorrhiza, Peru. Inputs: DBH + Stem height. DBH 4–24 cm. 20 trees.

As printed (Table 3):

> Socratea ln(AGB) ln(D2Hstem) -3.7965 1.0029 0.976 20 0.227

Page: https://treeallometry.org/equations/goodman-2013-socratea-exorrhiza/