
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Clough, B. F. 
A1  - Dixon, P. 
A1  - Dalhaus, O. 
T1  - Allometric Relationships for Estimating Biomass in Multi-stemmed Mangrove Trees
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 45
IS  - 6
SP  - 1023
EP  - 1031
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT96075 
N2  - 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. 
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