However, the data base spanned a small diameter range, about 15-25 cm, and each equation was based on 12 trees only.

USE OF INVENTORIES OF OPEN FORESTS AND WOODLANDS.

A recent review of the literature gives the R/S ratios (from Sanford and Cuevas 1996) shown in the table on the next page. Equation 3.2.4 is an exponential function and biomass per tree increases rapidly at large diameters. endstream endobj 91 0 obj<>stream

to oven-dry biomass of inventoried volume). However, if trees with dbh greater than 160 cm or so are encountered in an inventory, it is recommended that Eq.

3.2.3), Biomass of trees (product of rows 1 and 2), t/ha, 2.

Figure 1 - Relationship between oven-dry biomass of tropical trees and dbh for (a) biomass regression equations by all climatic zones and trees with dbh between 5 to 40 cm, and (b) equations for moist and wet zones for trees in the full range of dbh.

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To develop a preliminary biomass regression equation, data on the biomass of harvested pine trees from eight literature sources, including pine forests from the southeastern USA, India, and Puerto Rico were compiled.

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1994), whereas those in India had heights up to about 15m (Bandhu 1973). Compared to the older bulk fermentation process, the CBP is able to use lower-protein wheat, and produces bread in a shorter time.

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Ideally, a weighted average (based on dominance of each species as measured by volume) wood density value is best used here, calculated as follows.

The British Baking Industries Research Association based at Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, developed the Chorleywood bread process (CBP) in 1961.It is a process of making dough in bread production.As of 2009, 80% of bread made in the United Kingdom used the process. As tree diameters increase, the difference becomes larger so that by diameter 40 cm (the upper limit for the data bases) the biomass per tree based on Eq.