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Table 1 Number of equations for each life form and the component evaluated

From: Database of 478 allometric equations to estimate biomass for Mexican trees and forests

  

Life form

Stock

Component

Tree

Shrub

Palm

Bamboo

Total

Above-ground biomass

Branches

11

  

3

14

Foliage

8

  

4

12

Leaves + branches

35

   

35

Stem

46

  

4

50

Support roots

    

1

Whole individual

293

47

2

4

346

Belowground biomass

Roots

5

8

  

13

Carbon content

Whole individual

15

   

15

Total

 

414

47

2

15

478