Estimating the productive potential of five natural forest types in northeastern China

Forest Ecosystems

Table 6 MEF values for the four models of the different forest types

MEF	N	Trees	Base model		Base model + H_dom		Base model + climate		Base model + H_dom & climate
MEF	N	Trees	Eq. 1	Eq. 2	Eq. 1	Eq. 2	Eq. 1	Eq. 2	Eq. 1	Eq. 2
All	384	30,135	0.938	0.938	0.957	0.954	0.937	0.944	0.957	0.957
Broad-leaved mixed forest	192	15,284	0.945	0.948	0.952	0.961	0.945	0.950	0.952	0.961
Mixed broadleaf-conifer forest	30	2748	0.961	0.959	0.968	0.962	0.929	0.959	0.967	0.964
Mongolian oak forest	92	7097	0.966	0.914	0.966	0.953	0.964	0.919	0.966	0.956
Larch forest	37	2314	0.989	0.980	0.989	0.979	0.989	0.981	0.990	0.981
Birch forest	33	2692	0.963	0.948	0.979	0.945	0.962	0.948	0.979	0.946

Bold numbers indicate the highest MEF value of each equation across all of the models for a given forest type