{"id":"kaushal-2022-bambos-hd","source":{"id":"kaushal-2022","citation":"Kaushal, R., Islam, S., Tewari, S., et al. (2022). An allometric model-based approach for estimating biomass in seven Indian bamboo species in western Himalayan foothills, India. Scientific Reports, 12, 7527.","title":"An allometric model-based approach for estimating biomass in seven Indian bamboo species in western Himalayan foothills, India","authors":["Kaushal, R.","Islam, S.","Tewari, S."],"year":2022,"venue":"Scientific Reports","doi":"10.1038/s41598-022-11394-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11394-3","read_url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11394-3.pdf","access":"open","license":"CC BY 4.0","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current"},"name":"B. bambos culm height from diameter at breast height (H-D model, Table 9)","output":{"quantity":"height"},"expression":"1.29 * D^1.11","published":{"expression":"1.29 * D^1.11","units":{"D":"cm"},"output_unit":"m"},"taxon":{"level":"species","name":"Bambusa bambos","family":"Poaceae","group":"bamboo"},"region":{"scope":"regional","countries":["IN"],"place":"Western Himalayan foothills, Uttarakhand (Dehradun and Pantnagar)","biomes":["subtropical"]},"stand":"plantation","fit":{"method":"Weighted maximum-likelihood nonlinear power model H = aD^b (nlme), fitted on 80% of the data"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"Allometric equation of the form H = aDb + e, was used to develop the relationship between height (H) with the diameter at breast height","locator":"Methods, H-D relationship"},{"field":"expression","quote":"B. bambos 1/D0.45 1.29 ± 0.15 1.11 ± 0.06 0.89","locator":"Table 9 (Weight variable, a, b, Adj.R2)"},{"field":"published.units","quote":"Culm diameter (cm) Culm height (m)","locator":"Table 3 headings"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":6},"expected":9.426221,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the Table 9 coefficients"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"Culm-level height model for a bamboo, intended by the authors to fill missing culm heights. D is culm diameter at breast height (cm), H culm height (m); units taken from Table 3 headings, not restated beside the equation. Fitted on 80% of the sample, so n is not stored; Adj. R² is printed but not stored. The paper's biomass models (Tables 5 and 7) predict fresh weight, not dry biomass, and were not added."}