Table 2. Allometric equations using diameter at breast height (DBH) and/or tree height as an independent variable (s) for each street tree species (p<0.001).

Species DBH (cm) Models Parameters R2 RMSE
a b c
Acer buergerianum 9.5 — 38.9 aDb 0.00010 2.3471 0.763 0.0829
aD+bD2 −0.00140 0.0005 0.780 0.0768
aD2+bD+c 0.00004 0.0185 −0.2053 0.804 0.0716
a+bD2 0.00330 0.0004 0.783 0.0754
a+bD+cH −0.2826 0.0176 0.0170 0.814 0.0697
Ginkgo biloba 11.8 — 37.3 aDb 0.0002 2.2631 0.825 0.0850
aD+bD2 −0.0014 0.0006 0.824 0.0850
aD2+bD+c 0.0006 −0.0033 0.0205 0.825 0.0846
a+bD2 −0.0159 0.0005 0.824 0.0847
a+bD+cH −0.3923 0.0233 0.0162 0.836 0.0817
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 19.5 — 50.7 aDb 0.00005 2.6837 0.777 0.2208
aD+bD2 −0.01103 0.0009 0.783 0.2165
aD2+bD+c 0.00073 0.0011 −0.1892 0.784 0.2161
a+bD2 −0.17092 0.0007 0.784 0.2161
a+bD+cH −1.07024 0.0285 0.0544 0.819 0.1979
Prunus armeniaca 11.3 — 49.3 aDb 0.000253 2.135400 0.830 0.0958
aD+bD2 0.000348 0.000393 0.840 0.0877
aD2+bD+c −0.000001 0.021880 −0.25920 0.869 0.0774
a+bD2 0.029110 0.000364 0.839 0.0859
a+bD+cH −0.352304 0.019612 0.01969 0.881 0.0738