The amount of carbon contained in a unit of dry plant biomass, expressed as a proportion of total plant biomass.
Used to calculate:fossil fuels consumed and biomass fuels consumed
Varies by: global
| Used | global | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
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| * | Global entity | Magnussen & Reed 2004 Knowledge Reference for Naitonal Forest Assessment | Global: Forests () | 0.475 | proportion (0-1) | "In many applications, the carbon content of vegetation may be estimated by simply taking a fraction of the biomass, say C = 0.475 * B, where C is carbon content by mass, and B is oven-dry biomass." |
| Global entity | Ritson 2003 - Measurement and prediction of biomass and carbon content Pinus pinaster trees in farm forestry plantations, south-western Australia | South-western Australia: Farm forestry plantations () | 50.117 | % (0 - 100) | This percent is the average of carbon content of biomass components including aerial litter, dead branches, cones, live branches and leaves, stem, and roots. |