Average Acorn Weight (lb)

Average acorn weight in pounds as pedicted from Diameter at breast height (DBH) and species of oak. a Table from Down, 1944 was fit with polynomial equations to allow a formula represntation of the tabular data.

Based on: Downs, Albert A. 1944. Estimating acorn crops for wild life in the southern Appalachians. Journal of Wildlife Management. 8(4):339-340.

Example

Imperial Units

dia = 22 in inches

species = "black"

unittype = "imperial"

Answer = 4.6341 lb for that tree

Metric Units

dia = in centimeters

species =

unittype = "metric"

Answer = kg for that tree

Code

This code is stored in my github.com/larsendr site. These are direct links to the raw code.

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