Tree Allometrics

Betula pendula / Foliage biomass

Betula pendula foliage biomass vs DBH (Eq. 4), forest-swamp, Middle Urals

Foliage biomassBetula pendula · BetulaceaeRussianaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Eq. (4) and Table 4, p. 126)

lnPi = a0 + a1lnD (4); lnPf: a0 = –3,6302, a1 = 1,7688

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

Foliage biomass = exp(-3.6302 + 1.7688 * ln(D))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

The Baskerville log-correction is already in the printed intercept a0 (Table 4 footnote), so no separate factor. adjusted R2 reported: 0.85 (not used as r2). Pa excludes dead branches (reported separately as Pmort); the contract cannot express that exclusion. Only the 4 main fractions (stem in bark, branches, foliage, total) are added; bark and dead-branch fits omitted. 18 birch and 12 pine trees from 4 plots in one forest-swamp system.

Source
18 и 12 деревьев соответственно березы и сосны
Trees measured · Abstract (RU)
Trees measured
18
DBH range
1.1–17.1 cm
Height range
2.1–14.5 m
Residual SE
0.514
Method
log-log regression (OLS on natural logs); Baskerville correction included in the intercept
Where
Forest-swamp system by Lake Isetskoe, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Middle Urals
Last checked
2026-11-01
Calculate
0.457
Foliage biomass (kg)
0.215
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
0.787
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range05101520510152025303540DBH (cm)Foliage biomass (kg)Foliage biomass

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%.

InputsExpectedWe getFrom
D = 50.4570.457Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (Table 4 coefficients)
D = 101.561.56Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (Table 4 coefficients)
D = 153.193.19Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (Table 4 coefficients)

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