Statistical

Parameters

Observed mass (Kg-MS)

Mass predicted by the models

Validation sample

(30 trees)

FAO (1997)

Mbow (2009)

Chave and et al., (2005)

2370.709

5818.844

4510.332

8658.737

Estimation

16.58

11.26

15.79

Erreur standard

1.29

0.44

1.16

test value

12.87

25.32

13.59

p-value

4.9E−13***

2E−16***

1.37E−13^***