Tree Allometrics

Pinus sylvestris / Aboveground biomass

Scots pine AGB biomass, ln-ln OLS (D only)

Aboveground biomassPinus sylvestris · PinaceaeMongolianaturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 4, AGB section, Eq. 4, type N, p. 17)

lnŶ=lna+blnD; N: lna = -2.71, b = 2.476, CF = 1.019

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

Aboveground biomass = 1.019 * exp(-2.71 + 2.476 * ln(D))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm

Ordinary least squares (type N) rows of Table 4 with the printed CF applied; the weighted (type W) rows are not included because their printed RMSE/CF are on a weighted scale. The paper does not say whether the printed lna values for type N are rounded further. Table 4 decimal commas read as decimal points. The abstract names the D and H form (Eq. 6) as the best-fitting; the D-only form is also given. Total AGB = stem + branches + needles; the paper also describes a one-step proportional weighting for additivity, not applied here. Biomass in kg (Eq. 1 text).

Source
A total of 35 sample trees were destructively sampled
Trees measured · Materials and Methods, Data collection, p. 14
Trees measured
35
DBH range
4.7–55 cm
Height range
4.6–23 m
Correction factor
1.019 (applied)
Method
ordinary least squares on ln-transformed data (type N), with correction factor CF = exp(RMSE²/2)
Where
Northeastern Khangai and western Khentii forest regions, northern Mongolia
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
20.3
Aboveground biomass (kg)
9.54
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
35
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0100200300400500600700510152025303540DBH (cm)Aboveground biomass (kg)Aboveground biomass

Shaded: the DBH range the model was fitted on. Other inputs held at the values above.

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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 = 1020.320.3Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 25196196Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)
D = 45841841Computed from the printed form
computed from the published form (coefficients as printed)

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