Tree Allometrics

Polylepis racemosa / Aboveground biomass

Polylepis racemosa AGB from stem diameter at 50 cm (model 6)

Aboveground biomassPolylepis racemosa · RosaceaePerunaturalRead from the original paper
Photo of Polylepis racemosa
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Equation

As printed (Results, text under Figura 8)

LnBA=2,394988+0,082807*D50; el que alcanza un R2: 0,932

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

Aboveground biomass = exp(2.394988 + 0.082807 * D50)
D50
Stem diameter at 50 cm, cm

Uses D50, the stem diameter 50 cm above ground (new canonical variable D50, cm), not DBH. Exponential (not power) form: ln(biomass) is linear in D50. Fitted on 11 destructively sampled trees, one per diameter class, D50 7,5–36,2 cm, total height 1,8–7,0 m; samples oven-dried at 105 °C. The listed D50 values of the sampled trees equal the class marks of Tabla 1, so they may be class midpoints rather than measured diameters. Undergraduate thesis, small sample: use with caution.

Source
Las medidas dasométricas del diámetro 50 centímetros (D50), altura total (ht), número de ramas (NR) y diámetro de copa (DC) de los 11 árboles de Polylepis racemosa
Trees measured · Results, before Tabla 2
La marca de clase de D50 centímetros (Figura 4), se distribuye desde 7,5 a 36,2
Note · Results, after Tabla 2
Trees measured
11
R²
0.932
Method
OLS on ln(biomass) vs D50 (model 6 of 10 tested); no correction factor reported
Where
Relict forest, Bella Andina community, Chota, Cajamarca, Peru
Last checked
2026-11-01
Calculate
65.6
Aboveground biomass (kg)
30.8
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
113
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
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%.

InputsExpectedWe getFrom
D50 = 21.665.665.6Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form; Tabla 3 tree F (D50 21,6 cm) weighed 59,723 kg
D50 = 36.2220220Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form; Tabla 3 tree K weighed 186,968 kg

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