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Table 7 Matrix Π of the variance decomposition and conditioning indices for Mitscherlich model and thinned model: Collinear parameters were identified in the variance decomposition matrix Π deduced from the correlation matrix of \(\tilde {X}\) (Belsley et al. 1980), whose lines correspond to conditioning indices, and columns correspond to parameters

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

Conditioning

Variance proportion

Mitscherlich model

Indices

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

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

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

η1=1

0

0

0

η2=10.89

0.031

0

0.008

η3=151.35

0.97

1

0.99

Thinned model

Indices

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

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}S_{\omega _{{yth}}}\)

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}S_{\gamma _{{yth}}}\)

η1=1

0.001

0.011

0.001

η2=3.44

0.013

0.296

0.002

η3=25.42

0.99

0.69

0.99

  1. For a large conditioning index ηj, parameters are collinear if their contributions to the variance are high