ESTIMATING BRANCHWOOD BIOMASS OF A TROPICAL HILL-FOREST STAND

Authors
IBRAHIM S
Citation
S. Ibrahim, ESTIMATING BRANCHWOOD BIOMASS OF A TROPICAL HILL-FOREST STAND, Bioresource technology, 52(1), 1995, pp. 53-57
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Agriculture
Journal title
Bioresource technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608524
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
53 - 57
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8524(1995)52:1<53:EBBOAT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Branchwood biomass was estimated as a part of a complete project in es timating the total biomass of a tropical hill forest stand Thirty samp le trees were felled. Tree biomass values were regressed with all the measurable parameters and their transformations. A logarithmic transfo rmation with branch-form quotient gave the best-Jit equation. The equa tions predicted the branchwood biomass of the hill forest stand to be 29.0 t per hectare, which was an overestimate of 1.79%.