A general allometric equation for estimating biomass in Acacia mangium plantations

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dc.creatorHiratsuka, M.
dc.creatorToma, T.
dc.creatorYamada, M.
dc.creatorHeriansyah, I.
dc.creatorMorikawa, Y.
dc.date2004
dc.date2012-06-04T09:09:03Z
dc.date2012-06-04T09:09:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:11:15Z
dc.descriptionAcacia Mangium Willd. is one of the most important tree species grown in commercial plantation in Monsoon Asia. Recently, the need for accurate information in the biomass in plantations has become more urgent, especially since the amount of carbon sequestered in afforestation/reforestation Clean Development Mechanism (AR-CDM) projects in developing countries can be included under the Kyoto Protocol. We present here a general allometric equation for estimating aboveground biomass (AGB) of A. mangium plantations from the diameter of the trees recorded at the respectives sites. Destructive samplings were conducted in Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, and Indonesia. At each site, 4-12 trees were felled, their trunks, branches and leaves were separately weighed, and allometric models for estimating AGB was determined. A general allometric equation (A log-log model) was developed from an overall total of 26 sample trees from sampled sites. No significant differences were found between the biomass estimations derived from the site-specific and the general allometric equations. The general allometric equation may allow us to estimate AGB of A. mangium plantations in Monsoon Asia without destructive sampling.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/19032
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/76509
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Philippines
dc.sourceHiratsuka, M., Toma, T., Yamada, M., Heriansyah, I., Morikawa, Y. 2004. A general allometric equation for estimating biomass in Acacia mangium plantations . In: University of the Philippines Los Banos. College of Forestry and Natural Resources. Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Tropical Forests and Climate Change: Carbon Sequestration and Clean Development Mechanism: held on 21-22 October, 2003, Traders Hotel, Manila, Philippines. :212-218. Manila, Philippines, University of the Philippines Los Banos. College of Forestry and Natural Resources.
dc.subjectacacia mangium
dc.subjectplantations
dc.subjectclean development mechanism
dc.subjectkyoto protocol
dc.subjectbiomass
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectmeasurement
dc.subjectafforestation
dc.subjectconferences
dc.titleA general allometric equation for estimating biomass in Acacia mangium plantations
dc.typeBook Chapter

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