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Cerrado s.s. MG, Total volume without bark, Schumacher-Hall log, SF 1, 2, 3, 4 sub-basins (region 1)

Total volumeCerrado sensu stricto tree species (mixed)BrazilnaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 1 (selected equations by region))

Ln(VTsc) = -10,3656695589 + 2,302243921 * Ln(Dap) + 0,8242241035 * Ln(H)

In this library's units, ready to compute (m³)

Total volume = exp(-10.3656695589 + 2.302243921 * ln(D) + 0.8242241035 * ln(H))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

Dap, H and volume units are not spelled out beside the model; read as Dap in cm (derived from girth in cm at 1.30 m), total height H in m, volume in m3 (Table headings give Syx in m3); magnitudes are consistent with these units. No back-transformation correction factor is stated, so none is applied. R2 printed as a percentage. Volume without bark ('sem casca'). Total volume includes stem and branches down to 3 cm diameter. Table 2 (combination 1, region 1 alone) prints this same model with slightly different coefficients (-10,3522044532 + 2,2930636383 * Ln(Dap) + 0,8312726915 * Ln(H), R2 98,44%); the Table 1 values are kept here. The two differ by under 1% in predicted volume.

Source
157 árvores para a região 1
Trees measured · 2.2 Base de dados, p. 2
Trees measured
157
R²
0.9848
Method
log-transformed linear regression (Schumacher-Hall log) on Huber rigorous cubing data
Where
Minas Gerais, Sao Francisco river basin, SF 1, 2, 3, 4 sub-basins (region 1)
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
0.003
Total volume (m³)
00.10.20.30.4510152025303540DBH (cm)Total volume (m³)Total volume

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 = 5, H = 30.003170.00317Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 10, H = 50.02380.0238Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 20, H = 80.1730.173Computed from the printed form
hand-computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)

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