Table 4 Parameters estimated and statistics of the six candidate regression functions tested to predict total dry weight (tDW) of the moist evergreen forest in MFR in Mozambique
From: Biomass allometric equation and expansion factor for a mountain moist evergreen forest in Mozambique
Parameter | Alternative biomass allometric models | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1ab | Model 2b | Model 3 | Model 4bc | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
AIC | 436 | 438 | 453 | 454 | 533 | 540 |
RSE (kg tree−1) | 61 | 62 | 75 | 77 | 213 | 233 |
MPE (kg tree−1) | − 4.7 | − 4.9 | − 5.1 | − 4.3 | − 17 | − 21.4 |
RMPE (%) | − 1.2 | − 1.2 | − 1.3 | − 1.1 | − 4.3 | − 5.4 |
b0 | 0.0912*** | 0.0969*** | 0.0865** | 0.0613*** | 0.0941ns | 0.0441ns |
95% conf. inter. of b0 | (0.0603 to 0.1359) | (0.0572 to 0.1597) | (0.0469 to 0.1533) | (0.0378 to 0.0963) | (0.0281 to 0.2716) | (0.0109 to 0.1483) |
b1 | 2.8131*** | − 0.2612*** | 2.6416*** | 2.7133*** | 0.9608*** | 1.0112*** |
95% conf. inter. of b1 | (2.7135 to 2.9166) | (− 0.3827 to − 0.1398) | (2.5070 to 2.7857) | (2.5983 to 2.8358) | (0.8599 to 1.0750) | (0.8978 to 1.1385) |
b2 | − 0.2698*** | 2.7945*** | 0.3057ns | |||
95% conf. inter. of b2 | (− 0.3816 to − 0.1583) | (2.6585 to 2.9391) | (− 0.0512 to 0.6786) | |||
b3 | 0.0596ns | |||||
95% conf. inter. of b3 | (− 0.2468 to 0.3748) | |||||