Research Article

Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya

Table 10

Total tree biomass and tree component biomass data of the 33 trees destructively sampled per every Agroecological Zone (AEZ).

AEZTree NoDBH (cm)Height (m)Dry weights of biomass in kg
Stem BranchesfoliageAGB BGB TTB

UM415.26.5510.161.6255.2217.013.8220.83
21.53.61.550.6441.023.310.8014.01
31214.393.6910.6212.1116.4137.43153.84
413.212.770.2211.0817.4998.7923.46122.25
522.516.7166.6650.322.92239.8863.14303.02
629.814.5247.5280.4221.27349.21119.55468.76
7V1.86.01.650.330.6622.641.4614.10
8V13.714.5112.2226.6114.64153.4732.42185.89
9V2016.1134.8731.513.75180.1257.79237.91

UM31012.012.7559.016.8813.1479.0332.4111.43
1115.413.7109.424.7520.65154.853.63208.43
127.08.6520.385.07.532.889.8342.71
135.68.6512.682.84.1319.615.9425.55
1427.619.0270.5392.9817.97381.48130.37511.85
1527.719.2306.5583.2516.0405.8127.08532.88
16V16.912.2118.0343.6522.39184.0786.03270.1
17V9.89.132.6910.010.252.8915.0167.94
18V25.816.6275.1663.5833.26372.074.95446.95

UM2191.77.11.950.61.454.01.795.79
208.79.824.986.438.7540.167.8648.02
2115.314.358.8338.515.51112.8421.46134.30
2214.815.069.6332.7110.46112.833.99146.79
23V12.212.440.6313.9313.568.0617.7585.81
24V12.815.462.9419.157.089.0927.26116.35
2522.017.0164.7130.0311.09205.8368.36274.19
2629.821.2259.833.210.89303.8979.34383.23
27V27.824.8327.6343.98.71380.24114.75494.99

UM1282.06.03.210.941.195.341.016.35
298.99.928.8710.2510.0149.135.9055.03
30V4.59.111.962.53.8618.323.6021.92
3112.813.0114.6631.5031.22177.3865.22242.6
3224.919.0262.8437.7518.57319.1656.50375.66
3320.411.5128.7146.916.2191.8134.60226.41