Ben Lockwood, PhDA very important new paper by Calders et al., which uses 3D laser measurements to identify systematic underestimations of tree biomass by allometric models
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2688-8319.12197
Kerry Woods@benlockwood This is very interesting, but I wonder how generalizable; their 3-D diagrams of biggest trees look radically different in geometry (lots of big, low branches/multiple trunks - they look open-grown?) from big trees in old-growth northern hardwood in northeastern U.S. But I'd agree that allometric estimators for very large trees are questionable.