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Chave et al. 2014
Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees
Chave, J., Réjou-Méchain, M., Búrquez, A., et al. (2014). Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees. Global Change Biology, 20(10), 3177–3190.
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4 equations from this source
- Pantropical AGB with height (Eq. 4)
Aboveground biomass · Tropical trees (58 sites) · Pantropical · Wood density + DBH + Height · DBH 5–212 cm · 4,004 trees
AGBest = 0.0673 × (ρD²H)^0.976As printed (Eq. 4, p. 3182)
- Pantropical AGB with height, exponent fixed at 1 (Eq. 5)
Aboveground biomass · Tropical trees (58 sites) · Pantropical · Wood density + DBH + Height · DBH 5–212 cm · 4,004 trees
AGBest = 0.0559 × (ρD²H)As printed (Eq. 5, p. 3182)
- Pantropical AGB without height, with stress index E (Eq. 7)
Aboveground biomass · Tropical trees (58 sites) · Pantropical · E + Wood density + DBH · DBH 5–212 cm · 4,004 trees
AGBest = exp[−1.803 − 0.976E + 0.976 ln(ρ) + 2.673 ln(D) − 0.0299[ln(D)]²]As printed (Eq. 7, p. 3183)
- Pantropical height–diameter model with stress index E (Eq. 6a)
Height · Tropical trees (58 sites) · Pantropical · E + DBH · DBH 5–212 cm
ln(H) = 0.893 − E + 0.760 ln(D) − 0.0340[ln(D)]²As printed (Eq. 6a, p. 3183)