I have data on DBH and the Height of different agroforestry species from different agroecological conditions, and I want to quantify the site-specific and species-specific aboveground biomass (ABG)by using existing allometric equations, what procedures can I use? am I need to produce the scatter plots? am I need a model fit? DBH and Height should be my independent variables. Is it possible also to add other factors which have not been used in those existing equations such as temperature and precipitation since they can affect the biomass?
Any guidance should be appreciated or any papers where they have used existing allometric equations for tree biomass quantification.
Dear Bapfakurera,
I am sharing a link to a paper in which we applied an allometric equation (using DBH, specific wood density, and Environmental parameter) for AGB estimation of individual tree species in Agroforestry systems
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158483.
There are other widely pantropical allometric equations for tropical forest trees like Chave et al 2014 ( https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12629) though no directly related to Agroforestry.
You can make use of other references cited in thesw articles.
I hope this is helpful.
Best wishes,
Frederick
I have one publication regarding allometric equations entitled "moisture content, density and allometric model for estimation above-ground biomass of peronema canescens jack in the private forest". i hope it will help you. thank you
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