Table 1 Allometric equation used to estimate the crown fuel (kg) of a tree using its diameter at breast height (DBH, cm) for all conifer species present in the data
From: The Alberta Wildland Fuels Inventory Program (AWFIP): data description and reference tables
Tree species | Foliage expression | Source |
|---|---|---|
Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) | 0.0840(DBH)1.6695 | Lambert et al. (2005) |
Subalpine fir (Abies bifolia) | 0.3894(DBH)1.2311 | Ter-Mikaelian and Korzukhin (1997) |
Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) | 0.0423(DBH)1.8619 | Ter-Mikaelian and Korzukhin (1997) |
Tamarack larch (Larix laricina) | 0.0801(DBH)1.4875 | Lambert et al. (2005) |
White-bark pine (Pinus albicaulis) | 0.1168(DBH)1.2751 | Ter-Mikaelian and Korzukhin (1997) |
Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) | 0.0389(DBH)1.7290 | Lambert et al. (2005) |
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) | 0.0432(DBH)1.7166 | Lambert et al. (2005) |
Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) | 0.3346(DBH)1.2765 | Ter-Mikaelian and Korzukhin (1997) |
Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) | 0.1168(DBH)1.2751 | Ter-Mikaelian and Korzukhin (1997) |
White spruce (Picea glauca) | 0.1601(DBH)1.4670 | Lambert et al. (2005) |
Black spruce (Picea mariana) | 0.1648(DBH)1.4143 | Lambert et al. (2005) |