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Table 4 Optimal parameters values of Mitscherlich model (Eqs. 5, 9, 10, 11, 12) and thinned model (Eqs. 5, 8, 10, 11, 12)

From: Bayesian inference of biomass growth characteristics for sugi (C. japonica) and hinoki (C. obtusa) forests in self-thinned and managed stands

Mitscherlich Model

Thinned Model

Model parameters

Lower CI

Median

Upper CI

Model parameters

Lower CI

Median

Upper CI

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}Y_{max_{th_{m}}}\)

4220

5370

6000

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}Y_{max_{{th}}}\)

1.36

1.96

2.78

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\omega _{yth_{m}}\)

0.99

1

1

ωyth

0.95

0.97

0.99

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\gamma _{yth_{m}}\)

1.610−3

1.910−3

2.510−3

γyth

1.410−2

1.810−2

2.110−2

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\sigma _{yth_{m}}\)

33.8

41.4

50.1

σyth

29.6

36.6

44.2

N0

1590

2070

2630

N0

15000

18600

22200

ωN

3.810−2

4.710−2

5.710−2

ωN

4.310−2

5.210−2

6.210−2

γN

0.09

0.11

0.13

γN

0.08

0.10

0.11

σN

508

604

717

σN

505

598

707

aB

0.06

0.11

0.19

aB

6.210−2

0.14

0.24

bB

0.89

1.01

1.11

bB

0.85

0.98

1.13

σB

0.88

1.12

1.41

σB

0.92

1.18

1.4

aL

1.510−6

0.03

0.72

aL

0.1

0.96

2.6

bL

2.42

5.8

9.5

bL

2.05

3.39

4.96

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}W_{L_{{max}}}\)

17.6

18.5

19.4

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}W_{L_{{max}}}\)

17.6

18.5

19.4

σWL

1.42

1.8

2.22

σWL

1.4

1.8

2.2

  1. The median and lower and upper credible interval (Highest Posterior Density interval) were gathered