Table 1 Allometric equations used for computing shrub biomass in the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot, with all equations in the form ln(biomass) = A + B × ln(DBA), where DBA is basal diameter and ln is the natural logarithm. The number of shrub demography plots for each species (used to generate biomass figures from patch areas) is indicated by n.

Arctostaphylos patula

3

A. columbiana

3.3186

2.6846

Means et al. 1994

Ceanothus cordulatus

3

C. velutinus

3.6167

2.2043

Means et al. 1994

Ceanothus integerrimus

2

3.6672

2.65018

Means et al. 1994

Ceanothus parvifolius

2

C. integerrimus

3.6672

2.65018

Means et al. 1994

Chrysolepis sempervirens

3

3.888

2.311

Lutz et al. 2014 b

Corylus cornuta ssp. californica

3

3.570

2.372

This study

Cornus sericea

3

3.315

2.647

Lutz et al. 2014 b

Leucothoe davisiae

2

2.749

2.306

Lutz et al. 2014 b

Rhododendron occidentale

V. parvifolium

3.761

2.37498

Means et al. 1994

Ribes nevadense

V. parvifolium

3.761

2.37498

Means et al. 1994

Ribes roezlii

0.5 × V. parvifolium

3.761

2.37498

Means et al. 1994

Rosa bridgesii

0.5 × V. parvifolium

3.761

2.37498

Means et al. 1994

Rubus parviflorus

V. parvifolium

3.761

2.37498

Means et al. 1994

Sambucus racemosa

C. cornuta

3.570

2.372

This study

Symphoricarpos mollis

0.5 × V. parvifolium

3.761

2.37498

Means et al. 1994

Vaccinium uliginosum

3

V. parvifolium

3.761

2.37498

Means et al. 1994