Statistical

Parameters

Validation sample

Observed mass

(Kg-MS)

Mass predicted by the models

Erreur Standard

Test

value

p-value

Poupon (1979) on

B. eagyptiaca

30 trees

2089.791

5358.737

7.67

0.294

0.771

Poupon (1979) on

A. senegal

30 trees

2915.084

9645.780

0.26

2.67

0.013

Namata et al. (1995) on A. raddiana

40 trees

6621.505

9564.450

5.23

0.275

0.655