{"id":"wangui-2026-agb-melicytus-ramiflorus-ld-d","source":{"id":"wangui-2026","citation":"Wangui, J. C., Pain, S. J., Kenyon, P. R., Tozer, P. R., & Millner, J. P. (2026). Biomass and carbon estimation for three browsable native shrubs in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, 56, 16.","title":"Biomass and carbon estimation for three browsable native shrubs in New Zealand","authors":["Wangui, J. C.","Pain, S. J.","Kenyon, P. R."],"year":2026,"venue":"New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science","doi":"10.33494/nzjfs562026x567x","url":"https://doi.org/10.33494/nzjfs562026x567x","read_url":"https://nzjforestryscience.nz/index.php/nzjfs/article/download/567/153","access":"open","checked_at":"2026-11-02","status":"current"},"name":"Melicytus ramiflorus (Limestone Downs): AGB from D (Table 7)","output":{"quantity":"agb"},"expression":"1.17 * exp(-2.8 + 1.74 * ln(DRC))","published":{"expression":"1.17 * exp(-2.8 + 1.74 * ln(D))","units":{"D":"cm"},"variables":{"D":"DRC"},"output_unit":"kg"},"taxon":{"level":"species","name":"Melicytus ramiflorus","family":"Violaceae","group":"shrub"},"region":{"scope":"regional","countries":["NZ"],"place":"Limestone Downs, Waikato west coast","biomes":["temperate"]},"stand":"mixed","fit":{"n_trees":9,"cf":1.17,"method":"OLS regression on natural logarithms (power form), back-transformed with correction factor CF = exp(RSE^2/2)"},"evidence":[{"field":"expression","quote":"M. ramiflorus Limestone Downs ln(AGB) =ln (a)+b×ln(D) -2.80**** 1.74**** … CF 1.17","locator":"Table 7"},{"field":"fit.cf","quote":"CF = e(RSE²/2)  Equation 2; Table 7 CF column 1.17","locator":"Methods, Equation 2; Table 7"}],"check":[{"inputs":{"DRC":2},"expected":0.2377,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (a is ln(a), CF applied, coefficients as printed)"},{"inputs":{"DRC":4},"expected":0.7939,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (a is ln(a), CF applied, coefficients as printed)"},{"inputs":{"DRC":8},"expected":2.6518,"origin":"computed","note":"computed from the published form (a is ln(a), CF applied, coefficients as printed)"}],"verification":"original_read","checked_at":"2026-11-02","notes":"AGB is the sum of stem, branch and foliage dry biomass of the shrub. Natural log. D is the basal stem diameter over bark about 10 cm above ground (multi-stemmed shrubs: square root of the sum of stem diameters), mapped to DRC; H is total height in m. Table 7 reports adjusted R2 = 0.799 and RMSE = 0.488 (not used as r2 or rse). Shrubs had basal diameter up to 10 cm (mean D 3.4 to 3.8 cm by species, Table 4); the paper prints no D range for these models. The CF column is the factor the paper applies to back-transformed predictions."}