
%0 Journal Article
%A Clough, B. F. 
%A Dixon, P. 
%A Dalhaus, O. 
%T Allometric Relationships for Estimating Biomass in Multi-stemmed Mangrove Trees
%J Australian Journal of Botany
%D 1998/02/10
%V 45
%N 6
%P 1023-1031
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BT96075
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT96075 
%X A procedure is described for obtaining allometric relationships between stem diameter and above-ground biomass for multi-stemmed trees of the mangroves Rhizophora stylosa and Avicennia marina. The procedure treats each stem as discrete tree that shares a proportion of the butt and other elements common to all stems. Linear log&#8211;log relationships were obtained between stem diameter and the dry weights of each above-ground component. Allometric relationships between stem diameter and total above-ground biomass were similar to those for single-stemmed trees in north-eastern Australia, but multi-stemmed trees on the west coast had much greater proportion of their biomass in the form of prop roots than single-stemmed trees of comparable stem diameter on the north-eastern coast. This is attributed to the arid environment on the north-western coast of Australia. 
