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Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas

Mesquite trees are the preferred dendroenergy sources in arid and semi-arid forests. In spite of their relative importance, regional aboveground biomass (AGB) equations for mesquite trees are scarce in the scientific literature. For that reason, the aims of this study were to: (a) harvest trees and...

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Autores principales: Navar, Jose, Rodriguez-Flores, Felipa de Jesus, Rios-Saucedo, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6487190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31086735
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6782
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Rodriguez-Flores, Felipa de Jesus
Rios-Saucedo, Julio
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description Mesquite trees are the preferred dendroenergy sources in arid and semi-arid forests. In spite of their relative importance, regional aboveground biomass (AGB) equations for mesquite trees are scarce in the scientific literature. For that reason, the aims of this study were to: (a) harvest trees and develop regional biomass equations; (b) contrast measured data with equations developed previously; and (c) test the applicability of the fitted equation for mesquite trees in the arid and semi-arid forests of the Americas. We harvested 206 new mesquite trees from arid and semi-arid forests in northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas) in addition to using two other previously compiled data sets from Mexico (N = 304) to develop a regional equation. To test the validity of this equation, for biomass equations reported for the rest of the country, as well as for North and South American mesquite trees, we contrasted AGB measurements with predictions of fitted equations. Statistical analysis revealed the need for a single, regional, semi-empirical equation as together the three data sets represented the variability of the aboveground biomass of mesquite trees across northern Mexico, as well as mesquite trees in America’s arid and semiarid regions. Due to the large quantity of mesquite trees harvested for sampling and their variability, the regional biomass equation developed encompasses all other North and South American equations, and is representative of mesquite trees throughout the arid and semi-arid forests of the Americas.
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spelling pubmed-64871902019-05-13 Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas Navar, Jose Rodriguez-Flores, Felipa de Jesus Rios-Saucedo, Julio PeerJ Natural Resource Management Mesquite trees are the preferred dendroenergy sources in arid and semi-arid forests. In spite of their relative importance, regional aboveground biomass (AGB) equations for mesquite trees are scarce in the scientific literature. For that reason, the aims of this study were to: (a) harvest trees and develop regional biomass equations; (b) contrast measured data with equations developed previously; and (c) test the applicability of the fitted equation for mesquite trees in the arid and semi-arid forests of the Americas. We harvested 206 new mesquite trees from arid and semi-arid forests in northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas) in addition to using two other previously compiled data sets from Mexico (N = 304) to develop a regional equation. To test the validity of this equation, for biomass equations reported for the rest of the country, as well as for North and South American mesquite trees, we contrasted AGB measurements with predictions of fitted equations. Statistical analysis revealed the need for a single, regional, semi-empirical equation as together the three data sets represented the variability of the aboveground biomass of mesquite trees across northern Mexico, as well as mesquite trees in America’s arid and semiarid regions. Due to the large quantity of mesquite trees harvested for sampling and their variability, the regional biomass equation developed encompasses all other North and South American equations, and is representative of mesquite trees throughout the arid and semi-arid forests of the Americas. PeerJ Inc. 2019-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6487190/ /pubmed/31086735 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6782 Text en ©2019 Navar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas
title Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas
title_full Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas
title_fullStr Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas
title_full_unstemmed Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas
title_short Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas
title_sort biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the americas
topic Natural Resource Management
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6487190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31086735
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6782
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