Tree Allometrics

Quercus sideroxyla / Aboveground biomass

Quercus sideroxyla: total aboveground biomass (sum of components)

Aboveground biomassQuercus sideroxyla Bonpl. · FagaceaeMexiconaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 9, Quercus sideroxyla)

Bt = ΣBi

In this library's units, ready to compute (kg)

Aboveground biomass = (exp(-2.988285) * D^1.613082 * H^1.16314) + (exp(-4.317865) * D^3.305381 * H^(-0.64785)) + (exp(-4.613824) * D^2.16245)
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

Table 1 sample size and ranges for this species. Adjusted R2 (not stored): stem 0.97, branches 0.96, foliage 0.91, total 0.99 (Table 9). Total is the sum of the component equations, as the paper defines it.

Source
Bf = exp (– 2.988285) × Dn^1.613082 × At^1.16314
Equation · Table 9, Quercus sideroxyla
Br = exp (– 4.317865) × Dn^3.305381 × At^–0.64785
Equation · Table 9, Quercus sideroxyla
Bh = exp (– 4.613824) × Dn^2.16245
Equation · Table 9, Quercus sideroxyla
33
Trees measured · Table 1, Q. sideroxyla
Trees measured
33
DBH range
4.8–40.5 cm
Height range
3.55–15.7 m
Method
Additive system of component equations fitted simultaneously (iterated seemingly unrelated regression)
Where
Sierra de Santa Rosa, Guanajuato (bosques de encino)
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
77.3
Aboveground biomass (kg)
36.3
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
133
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range02004006008001,000510152025303540DBH (cm)Aboveground biomass (kg)Aboveground biomass

Shaded: the DBH range the model was fitted on. Other inputs held at the values above.

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On every build, the library's form and the paper's own form (in its units) must both give these values within 1%.

InputsExpectedWe getFrom
D = 15.5, H = 7.277.377.3Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (Table 9)
D = 29.8, H = 12.1432432Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (Table 9)

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