Tree Allometrics

Abies alba / Aboveground biomass

Silver fir AGB, Bayesian, Dataset #1, D only

Aboveground biomassAbies alba · PinaceaeRomanianaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 5, silver fir, Bayesian, Dataset #1, ln(D) (Equation 2; back-transformed as Equation 4))

ln(D): β0 = -2.3284, β1 = 2.3859, RSE = 0.3965, CF = 1.0818

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

Aboveground biomass = 1.0818 * exp(-2.3284 + 2.3859 * ln(D))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

Fit on Dataset #1 (full site sample, Bayesian priors from generic data). Whole-tree dry AGB including foliage (stem and branches with leaves/needles weighed and dried). Equation form AGB = exp(β0)·D^β1·(H^β2)·CF with CF = exp(σ²/2) printed in Table 5 and applied here. D in cm, H in m, output kg (units not restated beside Table 5; stated in Table 1 for D, H, AGB).

Source
15 European beech and 14 silver fir trees
Trees measured · Section 2.1.2, p. 3
Trees measured
14
DBH range
6.3–92.6 cm
Residual SE
0.3965
Correction factor
1.0818 (applied)
Method
Bayesian log-log model with informative priors from the generic sample
Where
Șinca virgin forest, Romania
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
134
Aboveground biomass (kg)
63
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
231
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0100200300400500600700800510152025303540DBH (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 = 20134134Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 501,1931,193Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)

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