Equations / Foliage biomass
Tectona grandis leaf biomass from D²H
As printed (Table 3)
In this library's units, ready to compute (kg)
Foliage biomass = 0.022 * (D^2*H)^0.694D- Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H- Total tree height, m
General (multi-site) equation fitted on pooled data compiled from published Thai plantation studies (theses, proceedings, reports), not on new felled trees; validated by the authors on independent harvests. D in cm, H in m, output kg dry weight per tree. AGB is the sum of stem, branches and leaves. Component symbol in the paper: Wl. The paper labels Wb as bark in its tables but as branches in the text, so no branch or bark model is entered. Caution: although Tables 3 and 4 print this leaf model, the authors state that the slope of the branch and leaf components differed significantly among spacings (ANCOVA) and that "general allometric equations for branches and leaves were excluded in the present study—only the stem and total aboveground biomass estimations were reported" (Results and discussion, Construction of general allometric equations).
doi:10.1016/j.anres.2015.08.001 · Open access · copy we read
12 datasets with a total of 84 trees were chosen for T. grandis
The ranges in the diameters and heights of trees in the dataset were 4.4–41.2 cm and 5.5–31.0 m for T. grandis, and 0.5–19.8 and 1.7–26.0 m for E. camaldulensis
Linear regressions of untransformed data were used in the present study because log transformed data introduced a systematic bias
general allometric equations for branches and leaves were excluded in the present study—only the stem and total aboveground biomass estimations were reported
- Trees measured
- 84
- DBH range
- 4.4–41.2 cm
- Height range
- 5.5–31 m
- R²
- 0.692
- Method
- Least-squares power regression on untransformed data (weighted data from 12-13 published datasets)
- Where
- Plantations across Thailand
- Last checked
- 2026-11-02
Shaded: the DBH range the model was fitted on. Other inputs held at the values above.
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 = 15, H = 14 | 5.89 | 5.89 | Computed from the printed form computed from the published form |
| D = 25, H = 20 | 15.3 | 15.3 | Computed from the printed form computed from the published form |
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