{"id":"dutca-2020-fir-bay1-d","source":{"id":"dutca-2020","citation":"Dutcă, I., Zianis, D., Petrițan, I. C., Bragă, C. I., Ștefan, G., Yuste, J. C., & Petrițan, A. M. (2020). Allometric Biomass Models for European Beech and Silver Fir: Testing Approaches to Minimize the Demand for Site-Specific Biomass Observations. Forests, 11(11), 1136.","title":"Allometric Biomass Models for European Beech and Silver Fir: Testing Approaches to Minimize the Demand for Site-Specific Biomass Observations","authors":["Dutcă, I.","Zianis, D.","Petrițan, I. C."],"year":2020,"venue":"Forests","doi":"10.3390/f11111136","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111136","read_url":"https://bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18110/1/forests-11-01136.pdf","access":"open","license":"CC BY 4.0","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current"},"name":"Silver fir AGB, Bayesian, Dataset #1, D only","output":{"quantity":"agb"},"expression":"1.0818 * exp(-2.3284 + 2.3859 * ln(D))","published":{"expression":"1.0818 * exp(-2.3284 + 2.3859 * ln(D))","units":{"D":"cm"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"species","name":"Abies alba","family":"Pinaceae","group":"conifer"},"region":{"scope":"site","countries":["RO"],"place":"Șinca virgin forest, Romania","biomes":["temperate","montane"]},"stand":"natural","fit":{"n_trees":14,"dbh_min_cm":6.3,"dbh_max_cm":92.6,"rse":0.3965,"cf":1.0818,"method":"Bayesian log-log model with informative priors from the generic sample"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"ln(D): β0 = -2.3284, β1 = 2.3859, RSE = 0.3965, CF = 1.0818","locator":"Table 5, silver fir, Bayesian, Dataset #1, ln(D) (Equation 2; back-transformed as Equation 4)"},{"field":"fit.n_trees","quote":"15 European beech and 14 silver fir trees","locator":"Section 2.1.2, p. 3"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":20},"expected":133.9872,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)"},{"inputs":{"D":50},"expected":1192.6369,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"Fit on Dataset #1 (full site sample, Bayesian priors from generic data). Whole-tree dry AGB including foliage (stem and branches with leaves/needles weighed and dried). Equation form AGB = exp(β0)·D^β1·(H^β2)·CF with CF = exp(σ²/2) printed in Table 5 and applied here. D in cm, H in m, output kg (units not restated beside Table 5; stated in Table 1 for D, H, AGB)."}