Table 4 Fit statistics and model variance components for 5-year seedling height growth models by species using seedling-level and tree inventory-based measures of canopy structure
From: Comparing individual-tree approaches for predicting height growth of underplanted seedlings
Model and Species | Fit statistics | Variance components | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Bias | Rmse | R 2 | σ2 Plot | σ2 Residual |
Canopy structure: seedling-level (Eq. 4) | |||||
 Cherrybark oak | −1.33E-14 | 37.15 | 0.50 | 99.40 | 231.34 |
 Water oak | −4.76E-15 | 40.16 | 0.24 | 93.95 | 1685.51 |
 Yellow-poplar | 7.43E-15 | 72.27 | 0.70 | 1398.89 | 5840.85 |
Canopy structure: tree inventory (Eq. 5) | |||||
 Cherrybark oak | 5.42E-15 | 37.57 | 0.49 | 122.70 | 234.64 |
 Water oak | −3.35E-15 | 38.84 | 0.29 | 11.66 | 1519.10 |
 Yellow-poplar | −6.42E-15 | 71.44 | 0.70 | 1332.46 | 5676.86 |