ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS OF QUERCUS

CONFERTA
IN THE UNIVERSITY FOREST AT TAXIARCHIS,
GREECE

KONSTANTINOS G. MATIS
Department of Forestry and Natural Environment,
P.O. Box 237
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
GR-540 06, Thessaloniki, Greece

Regression equation
FT
1
1
0.8218 3.1612 4.4940 2
2
d
d
d

ln DT 21686
.
2.4407ln d

FTW
1
1
0.6364 2.2560 31455
.
2
d
d
d2

ln DTW 2.3200 2.4147ln d

ln FTB 3.7897 2.5859 ln d

ln DTB 4.1909 2.5403 ln d

R2

sYX

I%

adjusted
0.610

_______
0.098

______
3.77

_____
8.6

0.977
0.505

0.233
0.088

2.29
3.39

8.5
9.9

0.974
0.898
0.892

0.247
0.542
0.549

1.99
1.37
0.85

9.5
14.4
14.6

where:
FT: green weight of total tree with bark in kg,
d: breast height diameter outside bark in cm,
ln: natural logarithm,
DT: ovendry weight of total tree with bark in kg,
FTW: green weight of total bole with bark in kg,
DTW: ovendry weight of total bole with bark in kg,
FTB: green weight of total branches with bark in kg,
DTB: ovendry weight of total branches with bark in kg,
sYX: standard error of estimate,
I: Furnivals index of fit (Furnival 1961) and
I%: Furnivals index of fit as a percentage of the mean of the
independent

variable.

Table 1. Results of pilot sampling.

Variable

Mean
kg/0.03h
a

Standard
deviation
kg/0.03h
a

FT
DT
FTW
DTW
FTB

3775.4
2264.3
3016.0
1830.7
715.1

1154.9
730.6
905.2
582.5
250.5

DTB

434.4

147.7

Symb
ol

Green weight of total tree

Dry weight of total tree
Green weight of total bole
Dry weight of total bole
Green weight of total
branches
Dry
weight
of
total
branches

Coefficien Sample
t
size
of
require
variation
d
%
30.6
36
32.3
41
30.0
35
31.8
39
35.0
48
34.0

45

Table 2. Basic statistics from the sample of 50 plots.

Variable

Minimu
m

Maximu
m

Mean

Media
n

Varianc
e

Skewnes
s

Mean plot diameter,

cm
FT, kg/0.03ha
DT, kg/0.03ha
FTW, kg/0.03ha
DTW, kg/0.03ha
FTB, kg/0.03ha
DTB, kg/0.03ha

18

11.3

11

5.7

0.758

1937.6
1145.2
1548.4
926.8
358.4
218.4

6025.6
3785.6
4758.4
3033.6
1260.8
752.0

3790.5
2268.8
3028.8
1834.7
715.2
434.7

3588.4
2117.6
2882.6
1717.4
657.8
400.2

1,231,788
486,299
757,374
309,514
56,700
19,744

0.382
0.506
0.360
0.487
0.623
0.589

FT

DT

Frequency
1.00
13.00
16.00
11.00
7.00
2.00

Stem & Leaf

1
2
3
4
5
6

.
.
.
.
.
.

Stem width: 1000.0

Each leaf:

Frequency

9
0123455567999
0112234445556788
01233344588
0113669
00

6.00
13.00
13.00
9.00
6.00
3.00

Stem & Leaf

1
1
2
2
3
3

* 122344
. 5555677778899
* 0000011122234
. 555666789
* 000344
. 577

Stem width: 1000.0

Each leaf:

1 case(s)

FTW

1 case(s)

DTW

Frequency
6.00
9.00
12.00
8.00
7.00
4.00
4.00

Stem & Leaf

1
2
2
3
3
4
4

.
*
.
*
.
*
.

Frequency

567899
001124444
556667778889
00023444
5556889
0124
5777

Stem width: 1000.0

Each leaf:

2.00
13.00
17.00
12.00
4.00
2.00

Stem & Leaf

0
1
1
2
2
3

. 99
* 0111222234444
. 55556666677788899
* 000111133444
. 6788
* 00

Stem width: 1000.0

Each leaf:
1 case(s)

1 case(s)

FTB

Each leaf:

Frequency
3.00
7.00
9.00
8.00
5.00
7.00
5.00
1.00
3.00
2.00

Stem & Leaf

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

1 case(s)

DTB

578
2356789
033366788
34444568
00236
1112448
26668
5
444
66

Frequency
10.00
15.00
11.00
8.00
4.00
2.00

Stem & Leaf

2
3
4
5
6
7

.
.
.
.
.
.

Stem width: 100.0

Each leaf:

Stem width: 100.0

1336678899
022245556999999
01224469999
11358889
4889
55
1 case(s)

Figure 1. Stem-and-leaf displays for all weights (n=50).

Table 3. Mean weights and their statistics per plot.

Variable

FT
DT
FTW
DTW
FTB
DTB

Mean

Standard
deviation
kg/0.03ha
1109.0
697.4
870.3
556.3
238.1
140.5

kg/0.03ha
3790.5
2268.8
3028.8
1834.7
715.2
434.7

Standard error
kg/0.03ha
157.0
98.6
123.1
78.7
33.7
19.9

%
4.1
4.3
4.1
4.3
4.7
4.6

Table 4. Mean weights and confidence intervals in tons/ha.

Standard error
Variable
FT
DT
FTW
DTW
FTB
DTB

Mean
tons/ha
126.4
75.6
101.0
61.2
23.8
14.5

sx
tons/ha
5.2
3.3
4.1
2.6
1.1
0.7

95% Confidence
interval

s- %
x

tsx

4.1
4.3
4.1
4.2
4.6
4.8

10.2
6.5
8.0
5.1
2.2
1.4

Lower

Upper

116.2
69.1
93.0
56.1
21.6
13.1

136.6
82.1
109.0
63.3
26.0
15.9