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Pinus cembroides, additive system S2 (D and H): total aboveground biomass (sum of components)

Aboveground biomassPinus cembroides Zucc. · PinaceaeMexiconaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Fig. 2d, Eq. 10)

Bt = Bf + Br + Brh

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

Aboveground biomass = (exp(-2.007449) * D^1.776093 * H^0.364976) + (exp(-5.193296) * D^2.36942 * H^1.11539) + (exp(-2.07281) * D^2.463058 * H^(-1.17492))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

System S2 (Eq. 7-10, B = exp[β0] × Dn^β1 × H^β2) fitted by GMM. Table 1 labels the H exponents β13, β23, β33 (read as β12, β22, β32). Table 1 prints the twig-and-leaf intercept β30 as 2.07281 (no minus) while Fig. 2c prints exp(−2.0728); the negative sign is used because the positive one gives hundreds of times the observed biomass. Adjusted R2 (not stored): stem 0.9704, branches 0.9476, twigs with leaves 0.9294, total 0.9802. Total is the sum of the component equations, as the paper defines it.

Source
Bf = exp(−2.0074) × Dn^1.7761 × H^0.3650; Table 1, S2 Fuste: β10 −2.007449, β11 1.776093, β13 0.364976
Equation · Fig. 2a, Table 1 (S2)
Br = exp(−5.1933) × Dn^2.3694 × H^1.1154; Table 1, S2 Ramas: β20 −5.193296, β21 2.36942, β23 1.11539
Equation · Fig. 2b, Table 1 (S2)
Brh = exp(−2.0728) × Dn^2.4631 × H^−1.1749; Table 1, S2 Ramillas con hojas: β30 2.07281, β31 2.463058, β33 −1.17492
Equation · Fig. 2c, Table 1 (S2)
un total de 21 árboles
Trees measured · Resumen / Resultados
Trees measured
21
DBH range
3–40 cm
Height range
1.2–9.4 m
Method
Additive nonlinear system of component equations fitted simultaneously by generalized method of moments (GMM)
Where
Sombrerete, Cadereyta de Montes, Querétaro (bosque de pino, 2600 m)
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
54.75
Aboveground biomass (kg)
25.73
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
94.35
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0100200300400500600510152025303540DBH (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 = 14.1, H = 3.754.754.7Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (Fig. 2 and Table 1 coefficients)
D = 28.9, H = 6.9297.1297.1Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (Fig. 2 and Table 1 coefficients)

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