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Published:
Mar 31, 2021
Keywords:
Additive biomass equations
biomass partitioning
NSUR
system of equations

Abstract

Biomass additivity is a desirable characteristic of a system of equations for predicting components and total biomass, since equations independently adjusted generate biologically inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to fit and compare three methods for modelling biomass: (i) total biomass individual regression, (ii) total biomass regression function calculated as the sum of separate biomass components, and (iii) simultaneous equations of biomass components based on Nonlinear Seemingly Unrelated Regression. A total of 208 trees of Eucalyptus dunnii and Eucalyptus grandis were harvested and destructively sampled to record above-ground biomass. Results indicate that a system of equations adjusted by simultaneous equations provides accurate biomass estimations, guaranteeing additivity. This model system showed good fit and good prediction performance, given that the correlation coefficient was higher than 97 % for total above-ground biomass, for both species; whereas root mean square error was 23.9 kg and 30.2 kg for E. grandis and E. dunnii, respectively. A system of biomass equations was developed for each eucalyptus species, such that the sum of the estimations of the biomass components equaled the estimate of above-ground biomass. Results showed that the systems of equations have high potential for improving the accuracy of individual tree above-ground biomass estimates for both species.

Andrés Hirigoyen
Fernando Resquin
Rafael Navarro Cerrillo
Jorge Franco
Cecilia Rachid Casnati
Author Biographies

Andrés Hirigoyen, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Tacuarembó, Uruguay.

National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Tacuarembó, Ruta 5 km 386, Tacuarembó, Uruguay, +59899268636

Fernando Resquin, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Tacuarembó, Uruguay.

National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Tacuarembó, Ruta 5 km 386, Tacuarembó, Uruguay, +59899268636

Rafael Navarro Cerrillo, University of Cordoba, Department of Forestry Engineering, Laboratory of Silviculture, Dendrochronology and Climate Change, DendrodatLab- ERSAF, Campus de Rabanales, Córdoba, Spain.

University of Cordoba, Department of Forestry Engineering, Laboratory of Silviculture, Dendrochronology and Climate Change, DendrodatLab- ERSAF, Campus de Rabanales, Crta. IV, km 396, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain

Jorge Franco, University of the Republic, Faculty of Agronomy, Paysandú, Uruguay.

University of the Republic, Faculty of Agronomy, Paysandú, Ruta 3 km 363, Uruguay.

Cecilia Rachid Casnati, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Tacuarembó, Uruguay.

National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Tacuarembó, Ruta 5 km 386, Tacuarembó, Uruguay, +59899268636

How to Cite
Hirigoyen, A., Resquin, F., Navarro Cerrillo, R., Franco, J., & Rachid Casnati, C. (2021). Stand biomass estimation methods for Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii in Uruguay. Revista Bosque, 42(1), 53–66. Retrieved from https://revistabosque.org/index.php/bosque/article/view/237

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