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Estimation of Diameter and Height Growth Equations Using Environmental Variables  

Lee, Sang-Hyun (Department Forest Resources, Chonbuk National Univertsity)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.98, no.3, 2009 , pp. 351-356 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study purposed to judge potential possibility of building highly precise empirical model using environmental variables. Environmental variables such as altitude, mean annual rainfall, mean annual temperature and organic matter ratio of soil were added to height and diameter model for Chamaecyparis obtusa, and examined accuracy and residuals of prediction model. Improvement in precision was found for the Gompertz polymorphic height model by including mean temperature and altitude as independent variables, while the Gompertz diameter model with annual rainfall and altitude was showed improvement of precision and accuracy. Comparing the improvement of precision between the model before adding environmental variables and the model after adding them, an improvement or some ratio was obtained though it is not obvious. Therefore, there is enough proof that adding environmental variables, which can be easily acquired relatively when considering the difficulties of measurement and budget, into the model as independent variables would improve the accuracy and precision of growth models.
Keywords
Environmental variables; independent variables; growth model; precision and accuracy;
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