Equations for estimating biomass of herbaceous and woody vegetation in early-successional southern Appalachian pine-hardwood forests. Forest Service research note

Technical Report · Wed Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6547144

Elliott, K J; Clinton, B D

Allometric equations were developed to predict aboveground dry weight of herbaceous and woody species on prescribe-burned sites in the Southern Appalachians. Best-fit least-square regression models were developed using diameter, height, or both, as the independent variables and dry weight as the dependent variable. Coefficients of determination for the selected total biomass models ranged from 0.620 to 0.992 for herbaceous species and from 0.698 to 0.999 for the wood species. Equations for foliage biomass generally had lower coefficients of determination than did equations for either stem or total biomass of woody species.

• Research Organization: Forest Service, Asheville, NC (United States). Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
• OSTI ID: 6547144
• Report Number(s): PB-93-176360/XAB; FSRN-SE-365
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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