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

Forest Ecosystems

Table 5 Optimal parameters values of self-thinned model (Eqs. 4, 6, 10, 11, 12)

Model parameters	Lower CI	Median	Upper CI
\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}Y_{max_{th_{m}}}\)	185	366	1090
α	0.9	1.4	1.7
n_Y	0.8	4	7
β_Y	1.8	3.7	5.8
σ_Y	36	56	82
N₀	8500	9940	11400
ω_N	3.510⁻²	7.210⁻²	0.12
δ_N	5.510⁻²	0.25	0.48
γ_N	4.710⁻²	6.610⁻²	9.710⁻²
σ_N	238	349	490
a_B	0.05	0.33	0.88
b_B	0.49	0.71	1.04
σ_B	0.2	0.6	1.4
a_L	0.01	0.52	2.4
b_L	0.57	1.52	2.7
\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}W_{L_{{max}}}\)	11.5	15.5	25.3
σ_WL	0.26	0.76	1.8

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