Allometric Equation Models to Estimate Biomass of Tropical Natural Forest in Papua
Keywords: Allometric models , forest biomass , tropical natural forests ABSTRACT RAHMAD SUPRI ANGGONO. Allometric Equation Models to Estimate Biomass of Tropical Natural Forest in IUPHHK-HA PT. Wapoga Mutiara Timber’s Area, Papua. Supervised by ELIAS. This research aims to create allometric equation models to estimate the biomass of tropical natural forests in eastern Indonesia. Allometric equation models made by destructive methods and using purposive sampling method to take 30 sampling trees. Best equation model to estimate tree biomass of this research consists of biomass tree parts model and total tree biomass model. Models to estimate the biomass of the tree parts such as W = 0.0245 D 2,23 Tt 0,74 to estimate the stem biomass, W = 0,0003 D 3,91 Tbc -0,66 for the branch biomass, W = 0,054783 D 2,42 Tt -0,63 for twigs biomass, and W = 0,0513 D 1,62 for leaf biomass. The best model to estimate the total biomass is W = 0,0655 D 2,52 Tbc 0,23 where W is b