TapeS (version 0.12.1)

tprBiomass: total aboveground and component biomass

Description

calculate total above ground and optionally component biomass for given trees

Usage

tprBiomass(obj, component = NULL, mono = TRUE, Rfn = NULL)
# S4 method for tprTrees
tprBiomass(obj, component = NULL, mono = TRUE, Rfn = NULL)

Value

a vector in case agb or only one component is requested, otherwise a matrix with one row per tree

Arguments

obj

object of class 'tprTrees'

component

component for which biomass should be returned. If NULL, total aboveground biomass is returned, if 'all', all components are returned. See details.

mono

logical, defaults to true. If calibrated taper curve is non-monotonic at stem base, a support diameter is added.

Rfn

Rfn setting for residuals error matrix, defaults to list(fn="sig2"), see resVar.

Methods (by class)

• tprBiomass(tprTrees): method for class 'tprTrees'

Details

The available components are agb (= total aboveground biomass), stw (=stump wood), stb (=stump bark), sw (=solid wood with diameter above 7cm over bark), sb (=bark of component sw), fwb (=fine wood incl. bark) and ndl (=needles), if applicable. The needles-component is set to zero for deciduous tree species, no mass for leaves is available. One can request 'all' components to receive all components.

References

Kändler, G. and B. Bösch (2012). Methodenentwicklung für die 3. Bundeswaldinventur: Modul 3 Überprüfung und Neukonzeption einer Biomassefunktion - Abschlussbericht. Im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Waldökologie und Waldinventur des Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Instituts, FVA-BW: 71.

Kaendler (2021): AFJZ article, in press.

Examples

obj <- tprTrees(spp=c(1, 15),
                Dm=list(c(30, 28), c(30, 28)),
                Hm=list(c(1, 3), c(1, 3)),
                Ht = rep(30, 2))
## OBS: component 'ndl' NOT included to aboveground biomass 'agb'
(tmp <- tprBiomass(obj, component="all"))
rowSums(tmp[, -which(colnames(tmp) %in% c("agb", "ndl"))])
## equal to
tmp$agb
tprBiomass(obj, component=NULL) # aboveground biomass
component <- c("agb", "sw", "sb", "ndl")
tprBiomass(obj, component=component)
component <- c("sw", "sb", "ndl")
tprBiomass(obj, component=component)