Table 8. Coefficients of allometric equations for estimating biomass by tree part component P. occidentalis’s diameter at breast height(DBH), diameter at breast height and height(DBH2×H), and polynomial using diameter at breast height(a×b(DBH)×c(DBH2).
Species | Model types | Tree component (Y) | Coefficients | R2 | RMSE | P-value |
a | b | c |
P. occidentalis | I | Volume (m3/tree) | 0.000634 | 1.904 | - | 0.914 | 0.033 | < 0.001 |
Stem wood (kg) | 0.448 | 1.754 | - | 0.894 | 21.759 | < 0.001 |
Stem bark (kg) | 0.034 | 1.760 | - | 0.798 | 1.767 | < 0.001 |
Stem (kg) | 0.483 | 1.755 | - | 0.894 | 22.850 | < 0.001 |
Branches (kg) | 0.054 | 2.188 | - | 0.883 | 15.232 | < 0.001 |
Foliage (kg) | 1.414 | 0.679 | - | 0.876 | 4.861 | < 0.001 |
Roots (kg) | 0.301 | 1.751 | - | 0.858 | 25.969 | < 0.001 |
Aboveground (kg) | 0.505 | 1.896 | - | 0.925 | 38.794 | < 0.001 |
Total (kg) | 0.787 | 1.858 | - | 0.917 | 62.450 | < 0.001 |
II | Volume (m3/tree) | 0.000148 | 0.821 | - | 0.953 | 0.030 | < 0.001 |
Stem wood (kg) | 0.125 | 0.749 | - | 0.915 | 20.094 | < 0.001 |
Stem bark (kg) | 0.008 | 0.769 | - | 0.856 | 1.506 | < 0.001 |
Stem (kg) | 0.133 | 0.751 | - | 0.918 | 20.825 | < 0.001 |
Branches (kg) | 0.013 | 0.919 | - | 0.873 | 15.261 | < 0.001 |
Foliage (kg) | 0.910 | 0.293 | - | 0.842 | 5.366 | < 0.001 |
Roots (kg) | 0.091 | 0.738 | - | 0.854 | 26.529 | < 0.001 |
Aboveground (kg) | 0.133 | 0.803 | - | 0.931 | 37.261 | < 0.001 |
Total (kg) | 0.215 | 0.756 | - | 0.921 | 61.956 | < 0.001 |
III | Volume (m3/tree) | 0.109885 | −0.012076 | 0.000779 | 0.971 | 0.024 | < 0.001 |
Stem wood (kg) | 65.695 | −6.943 | 0.382 | 0.944 | 15.153 | < 0.001 |
Stem bark (kg) | 1.712 | −0.135 | 0.019 | 0.882 | 1.629 | < 0.001 |
Stem (kg) | 67.407 | −7.078 | 0.402 | 0.945 | 16.152 | < 0.001 |
Branches (kg) | 26.541 | −3.923 | 0.226 | 0.911 | 11.910 | < 0.001 |
Foliage (kg) | 5.517 | −0.824 | 0.066 | 0.920 | 3.905 | < 0.001 |
Roots (kg) | 98.148 | −11.288 | 0.440 | 0.942 | 12.875 | < 0.001 |
Aboveground (kg) | 99.465 | −11.826 | 0.694 | 0.948 | 27.559 | < 0.001 |
Total (kg) | 197.613 | −23.114 | 1.134 | 0.952 | 38.294 | < 0.001 |