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Table 8 Parameter estimates and their standard errors and tests of significance for the model Eq. (5) to predict the longitudinal variation in wood density

From: Modelling the variation in wood density of New Zealand-grown Douglas-fir

Parameter

Estimate

Std. error

t Value

p Value

a

436.6

6.0

73.2

<0.0001

b

−126.4

15.2

−8.30

<0.0001

c

243.7

44.0

5.54

<0.0001

d

−167.5

34.1

−4.92

<0.0001

\( {\sigma}_{s \tan d}^2 \)

538.0

215.5

2.50

0.0063

\( {\sigma}_{tree\left(s \tan d\right)}^2 \)

640.0

79.3

8.07

<0.0001

\( {\sigma}_e^2 \)

355.1

16.0

22.23

<0.0001

  1. Estimates of the variance between stands (\( {\sigma}_{s \tan d}^2 \)), trees (\( {\sigma}_{tree\left(s \tan d\right)}^2 \)), and within trees (\( {\sigma}_e^2 \)) for the local parameter L are also given