Tree Allometrics

Juniperus monosperma / Aboveground biomass

Oneseed juniper AGB from equivalent stem diameter (wet field measurement)

Aboveground biomassJuniperus monosperma · CupressaceaeUnited StatesnaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 2)

ESDWet (cm) Y = a * Xb 0.002 (0.004) 3.207 (0.425) 41.86 15

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

Aboveground biomass = 0.002 * DRC^3.207
DRC
Root collar / stem base diameter, cm

The predictor is ESD, the equivalent root-collar diameter: square root of the sum of squared root-collar diameters (DRC) of all stems of the individual, bark included. Mapped to canonical DRC (equal to the DRC for a single-stem tree). AGB includes wood and leaf and twig tissue, in kg dry mass. The coefficient a is printed to only three decimals, so predictions for small trees are coarse. Range fields hold the ESD range, not DBH.

Source
ESDWet 5.2 48.5
DBH range · Table 1 (min, max, N=15)
Trees measured
15
DBH range
5.2–48.5 cm
Method
power model, nonlinear least squares (Gauss-Newton)
Where
central New Mexico (34.429N, 105.861W)
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
3.22
Aboveground biomass (kg)
1.51
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
5.55
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
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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
DRC = 103.223.22Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form
DRC = 2029.729.7Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form
DRC = 40275275Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form

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