| CSS | Cerrado sensu stricto |
| TB | Total biomass (AGWB + necromass + litter + BGB) |
| TTB | Total tree biomass (AGWB + BGB) |
| AGWB | Aboveground woody biomass |
| BGB | Belowground biomass |
| OM | Organic matter |
| SB | Sum of bases |
| CEC | Cation exchange capacity |
| m | Aluminum saturation |
| IV | Absolute frequency |
| AF | Importance value |
| RF | relative frequency |
| AD | Absolute density |
| RD | Relative density |
| ADo | Absolute dominance |
| RDo | Relative dominance |
| MLR | Multiple Linear Regression |
| RMSE | Root mean square error |
| RMSE% | Relative root mean square error |
| AIC | Akaike information criterion |
| VIF | Variance inflation factor |
| rŷy | Correlation between observed and predicted values |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SEE | Standard error of the estimate |