Aboveground biomass estimation at different scales for subtropical forests in China

Botanical Studies

Table 4 Parameters of allometric models for estimating aboveground biomass of six forests at regional ecoregion scale in the subtropical region of China

Forests	Allometric model at regional scale (model 3)	n	R ²	RSE	F value
CL	exp(− 1.920 + 0.032) × (D²H)^0.736	219	0.944	0.252	3668.5***
CMBF	exp(− 1.485 + 0.062) × (D²H)^0.718	77	0.890	0.353	607.4***
DBF	exp(− 1.536 + 0.110) × (D²H)^0.733	40	0.839	0.466	198.3***
EBF	exp(− 1.481 + 0.056) × (D²H)^0.757	277	0.874	0.334	1905.5***
ETS	exp(− 3.776 + 0.138) × (D²H)^0.995	76	0.759	0.526	233.4***
PM	exp(− 2.394 + 0.036) × (D²H)^0.830	283	0.959	0.267	6547.2***

*** Indicates significant at p < 0.001 level. See Table 1 for the abbreviations of the forest types