Introduction:

Estimation of total and merchantable tree volume, as well as of biomass and carbon, implies the generation of biometric tools essential in forest management and planning.

Objectives:

To fit a compatible taper, volume, green weight, dry biomass and carbon concentration system for Quercus sideroxyla Bonpl. species using wood density.

Materials and methods:

A database of 522 diameter-height measurements, obtained from 37 trees, was used in the fitting equations. The compatible system (CS) was integrated by 34 equations, which were simultaneously fitted by generalized nonlinear least squares. Taper and volume were the base variables for estimating green weight, dry biomass and carbon concentration.

Results and discusión:

All equations were compatible with the stem volume equation, and the merchantable equations with the taper and merchantable volume equations. The fit statistics showed the efficiency of the equations in global terms and by relative height classes.

Conclusions:

The CS has the property of estimating taper, merchantable volume, green weight, dry biomass and carbon concentration at upper-height and by components (stem, total tree and branches).

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