Generalized allometric volume and biomass equations for some tree species in Europe |
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Authors: | P. Muukkonen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 10, FI-01301 Vantaa, Finland |
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Abstract: | Since biomass is one of the key variables in ecosystem studies, widespread effort has aimed to facilitating its estimation. Numerous stand-specific volume and biomass equations are available, but these cannot be used for scaling up biomass to the regional level where several age-classes and structural types of stands coexist. Therefore simplified generalized volume and biomass equations are needed. In the present study, generalized biomass and volume regression equations were developed for the main tree species in Europe. These equations were based on data compiled from several published studies and are syntheses of the published equations. The results show that these generalized equations explain 64–99% of the variation in values predicted by the original published equations, with higher values for stem than for crown components. |
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Keywords: | Aboveground Tree allometry Dry weight Picea abies Pinus sylvestris Betula spp. Fagus spp. Quercus spp. |
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