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BIOMASS

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R package for estimating aboveground biomass and its uncertainty in tropical forests.

Contains functions to estimate aboveground biomass/carbon and its uncertainty in tropical forests. These functions allow to:

  1. retrieve and correct the taxonomy;
  2. estimate the wood density and its uncertainty;
  3. construct height-diameter models;
  4. manage tree and plot coordinates;
  5. estimate the aboveground biomass/carbon at the stand level with associated uncertainty;

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Install BIOMASS

The latest released version from CRAN:

install.packages("BIOMASS")

The latest version from Github (in development):

install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github('umr-amap/BIOMASS')

To use it :

library("BIOMASS")

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install.packages('BIOMASS')

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Version

2.1.12

License

GPL-2

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Maintainer

Dominique Lamonica

Last Published

February 12th, 2025

Functions in BIOMASS (2.1.12)

computeAGB

Computing tree above-ground biomass (AGB)
clearCache

Function to clear cache content and possibly remove it
getWoodDensity

Estimating wood density
correctTaxo

This function corrects typos for a given taxonomic name using the Taxonomic Name Resolution Service (TNRS).
correctCoordGPS

Correct the GPS coordinates
feldCoef

Feldpausch et al. 2012 coefficients for generalized height-diameter models
genusFamily

Genus Family database
sd_10

Mean standard deviation of wood density estimates at different taxonomic levels
summaryByPlot

Summarize by plot (or subplot) the posterior distribution of AGB values
latlong2UTM

Translate the long lat coordinate in UTM coordinate
retrieveH

Retrieving tree height from models
modelHD

Fitting height-diameter models
numberCorner

Get the UTM coordinates with the corner of the plot
cacheManager

Function that return a possibly cached file, transparently downloading it if missing
cachePath

Function used to build a file path based on a cache folder
predictHeight

Predicting tree height
wdData

The global wood density database
procrust

Procrust analysis
computeFeldRegion

Retrieving Feldpausch regions
param_4

Posterior distribution of Chave et al.'s 2014 equation 4 parameters
param_7

Posterior distribution of parameters associated with the equation 7 by Chave et al. 2014.
computeE

Retrieving Chave's environmental index
getBioclimParam

Retrieving bioclimatic parameters
getTaxonomy

Retrieving the taxonomy
attributeTree

Attribute trees to subplots
KarnatakaForest

Karnataka forest dataset
attributeTreeCoord

Attribute trees to GPS coordinates
cutPlot

Divides a plot in subplots
createCache

Function used to create or activate a permanent cache.
Taxo

Taxo dataset
NouraguesHD

Height-Diameter data
APG

APG dataset
HDmethods

HDmethods
AGBmonteCarlo

Propagating above-ground biomass (AGB) or carbon (AGC) errors to the stand level
BIOMASS-package

BIOMASS: Estimating Aboveground Biomass and Its Uncertainty in Tropical Forests
apgFamilies

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG III) dataset