How were the volume-to-biomass equations used for each tree species in the CBM-CFS3 developed, and where can I obtain them?
The conversion factors and methods used by the CBM-CFS3 are based on the results of an ongoing Canadian Forest Service project at the Pacific and Laurentian Forestry Centres that is developing such conversion factors for application to the Canadian Forest Inventory (CanFI2001). The conversion factors and algorithms are based on more than 1000 tree-level biomass regression equations compiled from the literature. These have been applied to more than 11 million tree measurements from over 133 000 permanent sample plot data from across Canada. A published report of the methods is available from the CFS Bookstore.
