Table 1 Biomass conversion equations and carbon content rates for forest cover types in the Zijin mountain national forest park in Jiangsu Province, China

Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

B = 0.7564 V + 8.3103

0.480

Oak (Quercus)

B = 0.7848 V + 16.715

0.500

Formosan gum (Liquidambar formosana Hance)

B = 0.4754 V + 30.6034

0.497

Masson pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb)

B = 0.6632 V + 7.2656

0.460

Mixed conifers

B = 0.7442 V + 26.806

0.510

Mixed broadleaves

B = 0.7393 V + 43.21

0.490

Mixed (Mixed Conifers and broadleaves)

B = 0.4385 V + 52.905

0.498

Bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

B_b=81.9S_b

0.500