Table 5.
Comparisons of biomass distribution (%) in above‐ground tree components of certain forests and plantations around the world
| % Allocation | ||||||||||
| Vegetation | Location | Age (years) | Density | Above‐ground biomass (t ha–1) | Bole | Branch | Twig | Foliage | Reproductive parts | References |
| Shorea robusta | India | >100 | – | 70·2 | 43·9 | 51·0 | – | 5·1 | – | Singh (1979) |
| Aspen–maple–birch | USA | – | – | 95·4 | 79·5 | 17·6 | – | 2·9 | – | Crow (1978) |
| Oak forest | India | >100 | – | 301·5 | 51·0 | 44·4 | – | 4·6 | – | Rawat (1983) |
| Oak forest | India | >100 | – | 263·2 | 51·7 | 40·5 | – | 7·8 | – | Negi et al. (1983) |
| Eucalyptus obliqua | Australia | 51 | 865 | 298·2 | 91·2 | 6·5 | – | 2·3 | – | Attiwill (1979) |
| E. grandis | India | 5 | 1650 | 97·6 | 83·8 | 6·8 | 4·6 | 4·6 | – | Tandon et al. (1988) |
| E. grandis | India | 10 | 689 | 275·1 | 92·0 | 3·9 | 2·0 | 2·0 | Tandon et al. (1988) | |
| E. saligna | Australia | 8 | 829 | 129·8 | 80·9 | 13·4 | 1·2 | 4·4 | 0·08 | Frederick et al. (1985b) |
| E. regnans | Australia | 10 | 1075 | 319·0 | 82·1 | 13·0 | – | 4·8 | – | Frederick et al. (1985a) |
| Pinus roxburghii | India | – | – | 113·0–283·0 | 76·1 | 19·4 | – | 4·5 | – | Chaturvedi (1983) |
| Eucalyptus hybrid | India | 10 | 1223 | 21·9 | 62·1 | 15·4 | 8·8 | 13·7 | – | Pandey et al. (1987) |
| Eucalyptus hybrid | India | 1 | 2000 | 0·5 | 50·0 | 10·4 | 2·1 | 35·4 | – | Bargali et al. (1992) |
| Eucalyptus hybrid | India | 2 | 2000 | 3·2 | 75·2 | 5·6 | 1·9 | 17·2 | – | Bargali et al. (1992) |
| Eucalyptus. hybrid | India | 3 | 2000 | 18·5 | 77·7 | 7·0 | 1·8 | 14·5 | – | Bargali et al. (1992) |
| Eucalyptus hybrid | India | 5 | 2000 | 54·1 | 80·8 | 6·6 | 1·6 | 10·2 | 0·7 | Bargali et al. (1992) |
| Populus deltoides Marsh | India | 14 | – | 44·5 | 69·9 | 13·7 | – | 7·4 | – | Raizada and Srivastava (1989) |
| P. deltoides (I C) | India | 10 | – | 105·4 | 74·4 | 13·0 | – | 12·6 | – | Singh (1989) |
| P. deltoides Marsh | India | 9 | – | 151·6 | 71·9 | 16·0 | – | 12·1 | – | Singh (1989) |
| P. deltoides Marsh | India | 1 | 666 | 7·4 | 56·7 | 17·6 | 5·4 | 20·3 | – | Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal (1997) |
| P. deltoides Marsh | India | 2 | 666 | 28·0 | 59·6 | 18·6 | 6·1 | 15·7 | – | Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal (1997) |
| P. deltoides Marsh | India | 3 | 666 | 49·4 | 65·2 | 16·0 | 5·9 | 12·9 | – | Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal (1997) |
| P. deltoides Marsh | India | 4 | 666 | 89·3 | 67·2 | 15·2 | 5·4 | 12·2 | – | Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal (1997) |
| P. deltoides Marsh | India | 5 | 400 | 67·6 | 69·4 | 14·8 | 4·3 | 11·5 | – | Lodhiyal et al. (1995) |
| P. deltoides Marsh | India | 8 | 400 | 134·3 | 74·7 | 12·6 | 4·0 | 8·6 | – | Lodhiyal et al. (1995) |
| Dalbergia sissoo | India | 3 | 10000 | 41·39 | 38·6 | 29·2 | 12·0 | – | – | Tewari (1994) |
| D. sissoo | India | 5 | – | 82·0 | 40·6 | 34·9 | – | 6·5 | – | Sharma et al. (1988) |
| D. sissoo | India | 24 | 467 | 16·16 | 65·5 | 14·2 | 2·6 | – | – | Sharma et al. (1988) |
| Tarai Shisham | Uttaranchal (India) | 5 | 625 | 41·8 | 64·4 | 7·8 | 3·6 | 6·4 | 0·8 | Present study |
| (D. sissoo) forests | Uttaranchal (India) | 10 | 625 | 78·6 | 66·1 | 8·0 | 3·8 | 4·9 | 1·0 | Present study |
| (D. sissoo) forests | Uttaranchal (India) | 15 | 625 | 103·1 | 66·0 | 8·4 | 4·2 | 4·2 | 1·2 | Present study |