Comparing individual-tree approaches for predicting height growth of underplanted seedlings

Table 3 Fixed-effects parameter estimates for 5-year seedling height growth models by species using seedling-level and tree inventory-based measures of canopy structure

Model and species	Coefficients
	b ₀	b ₁	b ₂	b ₃	b ₄
Canopy structure: seedling-level (Eq. 4)^a
Cherrybark oak	35.2616	11.7481	1.2989	−0.9227	–
Water oak	−21.8726	9.6888	1.2697	–	–
Yellow-poplar	−114.3425	15.1914	2.5519	–	–
Canopy structure: tree inventory (Eq. 5)^b
Cherrybark oak	61.9387	10.7727	−1.1622	1.8152	–
Water oak	−67.4141	12.2316	−1.2621	–	4.5782
Yellow-poplar	−45.0289	13.9584	−2.7350	–	5.9871

^aCoefficients are as follows: Intercept (b ₀), Diam₂₀₀₅ (b ₁), HtCanopy (b ₂), Closure_60PA (b ₃), respectively
^bCoefficients are as follows: Intercept (b ₀), Diam₂₀₀₅ (b ₁), Cover (b ₂), HBLC (b ₃), TopHt (b ₄), respectively

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