Additive Root Biomass Equations for Betula platyphylla Suk. Plantations in Northeast China

编号 010034105

推送时间 20220502

研究领域 森林生态 

年份 2022 

类型 期刊 

语种 英语

标题 Additive Root Biomass Equations for Betula platyphylla Suk. Plantations in Northeast China

来源期刊 forest

期 第341期

发表时间 20220424

关键词 Betula platyphylla;  root biomass;  additive equation;  disaggregated model; 

摘要 Most of the forest biomass models that have been developed so far focus on the study of the aboveground biomass of forest trees and the prediction of belowground biomass remains obviously insufficient. Moreover, most of the existing studies on the estimation of the belowground biomass of trees have considered roots as a whole, ignoring the differences in composition and function of roots within different diameter classes. In this study, we measured the root biomass of birch plantation forests in northeastern China using extensive destructive sampling, in which we divided the root system into three parts: coarse, medium, and fine roots. We selected the best model base form from three common allometric biomass equations and determined the most appropriate error structure for the two sets of models using likelihood comparisons. The additive and disaggregated models were fitted using maximum likelihood with open-source software. We also added the site factor as a dummy variable into the two models. Finally, the competency of the two models was tested using ten-fold cross-validation. The results showed that both models could provide relatively accurate estimates of birch root biomass but that the disaggregated model performed slightly better than the additive model. View Full-Text

服务人员 王璐

服务院士 蒋有绪

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