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Desa'a multispecies AGB from DBH (M1)

Aboveground biomass10 dominant species of Desa'a forestEthiopianaturalRead from the original paper
Many species, no single photo
Equation

As printed (Table 3 (a, b, adj-R2, rRMSE, rBias, AIC))

M1 AGB = a × DBHb 0.298 2.034 0.935 74.6 4.4 64.2

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

Aboveground biomass = 0.298 * D^2.034
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

Recommended by the authors for simplicity (DBH only), with M9 for stump diameter. Adjusted R2 0.935. The fits were done on ln-transformed data and the paper says predictions were back-transformed with a correction factor (CF from RSE) for its error statistics, but it does not print the CF or say whether the tabulated a already includes it; no cf is entered. Adjusted R2 is given in the notes, not fit.r2, because it is adjusted.

Source
All 86 14.8 4.9–51.0 12.8 2.9–45.2
Smallest DBH · Table 1 (n, DSH mean and range, DBH mean and range)
Trees measured
86
DBH range
2.9–45.2 cm
Method
Power function fitted on ln-transformed data
Where
Desa'a dry Afromontane forest, Tigray
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
32.2
Aboveground biomass (kg)
15.1
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
55.5
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0100200300400500600510152025303540DBH (cm)Aboveground biomass (kg)Aboveground 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 = 1032.232.2Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form
D = 25208208Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form

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