{"id":"vargas-larreta-2017-p-douglasiana-michoacana-foliage","source":{"id":"vargas-larreta-2017","citation":"Vargas-Larreta, B., López-Sánchez, C.A., Corral-Rivas, J.J., et al. (2017). Allometric Equations for Estimating Biomass and Carbon Stocks in the Temperate Forests of North-Western Mexico. Forests, 8(8), 269.","title":"Allometric Equations for Estimating Biomass and Carbon Stocks in the Temperate Forests of North-Western Mexico","authors":["Vargas-Larreta, B.","López-Sánchez, C.A.","Corral-Rivas, J.J."],"year":2017,"venue":"Forests","doi":"10.3390/f8080269","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080269","read_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/8/269","access":"open","license":"CC BY 4.0","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current","notes":"Stem wood and stem bark component equations are not added (no matching output quantity: stem wood excludes bark). Total AGB is the printed sum of the four component equations."},"name":"Pinus douglasiana and Pinus michoacana foliage biomass","output":{"quantity":"foliage_biomass"},"expression":"0.01168 * D^2.148631","published":{"expression":"0.01168 * d^2.148631","units":{"d":"cm"},"variables":{"d":"D"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"mixed","name":"Pinus douglasiana and Pinus michoacana (data combined)","family":"Pinaceae","group":"conifer"},"region":{"scope":"regional","countries":["MX"],"place":"Durango, Sierra Madre Occidental","biomes":["temperate","montane"]},"stand":"natural","fit":{"r2":0.83,"method":"Power-law component equations fitted simultaneously by generalized method of moments (additive system)"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"0.01168d2.148631","locator":"Table 2, p. 12"},{"field":"output","quote":"foliage (needles/leaves)","locator":"Section 2.2"},{"field":"fit.r2","quote":"R2 0.83 (cross-validation)","locator":"Table 2, p. 12"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"D":20},"expected":7.2925,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the Table 2 equation"},{"inputs":{"D":35},"expected":24.2703,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the Table 2 equation"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"Equation as printed in the Table 2 system for this taxon; d is DBH in cm, h total height in m, output in kg dry mass. R² is the 10-fold cross-validation value. Data of the two species were combined by the authors; fit ranges not printed for the combined set."}