Forest Ecosystems

Table 5 Estimated parameters in the AGB allometric models

From: Mapping aboveground biomass and its prediction uncertainty using LiDAR and field data, accounting for tree-level allometric and LiDAR model errors

AGB allometric models					V(ε_k)
Species	Model type	\(\widehat {\beta }_{0}\)	\(\widehat {\beta }_{1}\)	\(\widehat {\beta }_{2}\)	Model form	\(\widehat {\omega }^{2}\)	\(\widehat {\gamma }\)
Birch	I	–3.51	10.74	2.70	\(\omega ^{2}\widehat {y}_{k}^{2\gamma }\)	0.13	0.80
	II	–3.65	12.61	–		0.15	0.83
Norway	I	–1.71	9.29	0.50	\(\omega ^{2}\widehat {y}_{k}^{2\gamma }\)	0.14	0.79
Spruce	II	–1.57	11.45	–		0.12	0.84
Scots	I	–3.71	10.63	2.63	\(\omega ^{2}\widehat {y}_{k}^{2\gamma }\)	0.73	0.64
Pine	II	–4.26	13.06	–		1.03	0.65

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