Betula platyphylla / Foliage biomass
White birch foliage biomass from D and H (MS-3) (Table 6)
Foliage biomassBetula platyphylla · BetulaceaeChinanaturalRead from the original paper
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As printed (Table 6 (MS-3), White birch, foliage row; model form Eq. (14) structure)
Wf = e^β40 · D^β41 · H^β42; White birch | Foliage | -3.9626 | 3.097 | -1.2009
In this library's units, ready to compute (kg)
Foliage biomass = exp(-3.9626 + 3.097 * ln(D) - 1.2009 * ln(H))D- Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H- Total tree height, m
White birch, additive system MS-3 (Table 6); W = exp(b0) * D^b1 * H^b2 (Eqs. 17 form per Table caption). Ranges and n from Table 2. The b0 column is the exponent of e (W = e^b0 ...), as in Eq. (14). Stem includes bark. Root excludes fine roots <5 mm. No R2 recorded (adjusted R2 only).
Source
doi:10.3390/f9050261 · Open access · copy we read
138 Dahurian larch trees and 108 white birch trees were destructively sampled
- Trees measured
- 108
- DBH range
- 1.4–20.5 cm
- Height range
- 3.1–21 m
- Method
- seemingly unrelated regression (SUR), additive system, W = exp(b0) D^b1 H^b2
- Where
- Eastern Daxing'an Mountains, Heilongjiang, northeast China
- Last checked
- 2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
0.201
Foliage biomass (kg)
0.0947
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
0.347
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Shaded: the DBH range the model was fitted on. Other inputs held at the values above.
Checks this equation passes
On every build, the library's form and the paper's own form (in its units) must both give these values within 1%.
| Inputs | Expected | We get | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| D = 4, H = 5 | 0.202 | 0.201 | Computed from the printed form computed from the published form (coefficients as printed) |
| D = 10, H = 11 | 1.33 | 1.33 | Computed from the printed form computed from the published form (coefficients as printed) |
| D = 18, H = 17 | 4.89 | 4.89 | Computed from the printed form computed from the published form (coefficients as printed) |
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