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Table 1 Destructively sampled trees used in this study (Legacy Trees and trees destructively sampled for this study), the number of trees sampled for each species, location, and study and a summary of the diameter at breast height (DBH)

From: Variability and uncertainty in forest biomass estimates from the tree to landscape scale: the role of allometric equations

Species

Study

Location

n

Mean DBH (cm)

Min DBH (cm)

Max DBH (cm)

Lodgepole pine

This study

CO State Forest

20

16.3

2.5

29.9

Reid et al. (1974)

Near Red Feather Lakes, CO

19

13.3

2.5

28.7

Sánchez Meador (2007)

Pike, San Isabel, and Aarapaho NF

69

13.2

1.5

32.0

Tossey (1982)

Near Red Feather Lakes, CO

26

5.4

1.0

11.4

Ponderosa pine

This study

Ben Delatour Boy Scout Ranch

10

34.0

4.9

61.8

Sánchez Meador (2007)

Pike, San Isabel, and Aarapaho NF

80

15.3

1.8

36.6

Tossey (1982)

Near Red Feather Lakes, CO

28

5.3

0.8

11.7

Douglas-fir

This study

Ben Delatour Boy Scout Ranch

10

24.9

2.4

46.6

Sánchez Meador (2007)

Pike, San Isabel, and Aarapaho NF

63

14.1

1.5

39.6

  1. NF National Forest, CO Colorado