Allometric relationship and biomass expansion factors (BEFs) for above- and below-ground biomass prediction and stem volume estimation for ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and oak (Quercus robur L.)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43410/17:43911516

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-017-1549-z" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-017-1549-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-017-1549-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00468-017-1549-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Allometric relationship and biomass expansion factors (BEFs) for above- and below-ground biomass prediction and stem volume estimation for ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and oak (Quercus robur L.)

Original language description

Due to changing climate conditions, trends in the proportion of the area of major tree species in Europe will tend to show a greater share of lowland tree species composition. The estimation of tree biomass and its components is needed to determine the amount of carbon held in trees and to plan forest resources. This study presents the biomass functions applicable for ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and oak (Quercus robur L.) trees growing in floodplain forest of the Czech Republic, which could subsequently be grouped into more efficient generic model for the particular tree species in the Central Europe. It is based on a detailed destructive analysis of six ash and seven oak trees. The range of the basic predictors of sampled trees included: diameter at breast height (DBH) from 21.3 to 69.7 cm, height (H) from 21.0 to 33.9 m, crown length (CL) from 7.6 to 16.3 m and width of crown (CW) from 3.8 to 14.3 m. The allometric relationships were constructed to derive leaf- (LB), shoot- (BsB), branch- (BB), stem- (SB) and root- (RB) biomass components and to derive aboveground- (TAB), which contains SB and BB, and total biomass (TB) comprising all biomass components. Equations for estimating stem volume were developed, which are required for forest management and it is necessary for planning the availability of commercially valuable wood. Finally, biomass expansion factors (BEFs) converting stem volume into biomass components were constructed. The BEFs were slightly positively linear DBH dependent for BsB, BB, TAB and TB, whereas for LB, SB and RB they were shown to be DBH independent across the diameter distribution of the sampled trees.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40102 - Forestry

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1415" target="_blank" >LO1415: CzechGlobe 2020 – Development of the Centre of Global Climate Change Impacts Studies</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Trees: structure and function

ISSN

0931-1890

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1303-1316

UT code for WoS article

000405685800017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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