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