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Table 5 Root mean squared error for the different branch diameter models

From: Diameter and death of whorl and interwhorl branches in Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica Manetti): a model accounting for acrotony

Model

Degrees of freedom

Root mean squared error (mm)

No (= initial variance and standard deviation)

6,967

16.65

Analysis of variance. Tree effect.

6,936

15.45

Individual model with 5 parameters

6,806

8.20

General model with fixed effects with 6 parameters

6,962

9.07

General model with fixed and 2 random effects

5,423

6.88