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Table 4 Above- and belowground biomass models

From: Above- and belowground tree biomass models for three mangrove species in Tanzania: a nonlinear mixed effects modelling approach

AGB/BGB

Model form

Model category

Model type

n

Parameter estimates

RMSE (%)

MPE (%)

AIC

Model

β 0

SE β0

β 1

SE β1

β 2

SE β2

AGB

3

Fixed effects

Common

119

0.25128c

0.04146

2.24034c

0.05087

–

–

42.6

−0.6

1,203.9

FE1

Random effects

Species-specific

 

β 0

SE β0

β 1+ α 1

SE β1

β 2

SE β2

    

  A. marina

40

0.25128c

0.04146

2.24351c

0.05087

–

–

41.3

2.8

421.5

RE1

  S. alba

39

0.25128c

0.04146

2.21727c

0.05087

–

–

34.2

2.8

355.0

RE2

  R. mucronata

40

0.25128c

0.04146

2.26026c

0.05087

–

–

40.5

−6.6

397.0

RE3

AGB

4

Fixed effects

Common

119

β 0

SE β0

β 1

SE β1

β 2

SE β2

    

0.19633c

0.03095

2.07919c

0.05652

0.29654c

0.05552

38.4

−1.0

1,180.5

FE2

Random effects

Species-specific

 

β 0

SE β0

β 1+ α 1

SE β1

β 2

     
 

  A. marina

40

0.19633c

0.03095

2.08791c

0.05652

0.29654c

0.05552

31.4

1.6

401.6

RE4

  S. alba

39

0.19633c

0.03095

2.04113c

0.05652

0.29654c

0.05552

23.1

2.0

326.6

RE5

  R. mucronata

40

0.19633c

0.03095

2.10853c

0.05652

0.29654c

0.05552

42.5

−4.6

403.0

RE6

BGB

3

Fixed effects

Common

30

β 0

SE β0

β 1

SE β1

β 2

SE β2

    

1.42040b

0.50833

1.59666c

0.14425

–

–

89.6

−18.2

315.9

FE3

Random effects

Species-specific

 

β 0

SE β0

β 1+ α 1

SE β1

β 2

SE β2

    

  A. marina

10

1.42040b

0.50833

1.44260c

0.14425

–

–

16.8

1.5

60.6

RE7

  S. alba

10

1.42040b

0.50833

1.65760c

0.14425

–

–

95.1

−32.1

115.2

RE8

  R. mucronata

10

1.42040b

0.50833

1.68979c

0.14425

–

–

38.7

1.6

94.0

RE9

  1. SE standard error of a parameter estimate, NS not significant at 5 %, AGB total aboveground biomass (kg), BGB total belowground biomass (kg), n sample sizes
  2. aSignificant at 5 %
  3. bSignificant at 1 %
  4. cSignificant at 0.1 %