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Record W2004942673 · doi:10.1139/x01-166

Measuring and modeling surface area of ponderosa pine needles

2002· article· en· W2004942673 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
William R. Wykoff

Bibliographic record

VenueCanadian Journal of Forest Research · 2002
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicForest ecology and management
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsAllometryPinus <genus>Mean squared errorMathematicsStatisticsResidualEnvironmental scienceSoil scienceEcologyBiologyBotany

Abstract

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Two methods for needle area estimation were compared for Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex P. Laws. & C. Laws., and models were developed to predict total, projected, and abaxial areas. Areas of needles were determined by using video capture – image analysis procedures (VCIA) and by direct measurement of needle sections. VCIA area estimates were 40–60% less than abaxial areas determined from direct measurements. Allometric models fit to VCIA area and mean needle width (Wv) explained 96% of the variation in measured sample areas; models omitting Wv explained 91% of the variation. Predictions for independently collected validation data were somewhat poorer and slightly biased but had similar residual patterns. Allometric models fit to midneedle width and total needle length explained 99% of the variation in directly measured needle areas, with root mean square error equal to 2% of the mean measured areas. Results were similar for the validation data. For both models, final parameters were estimated from the combined data. It is shown that fascicle areas estimated from predictions for the middle-sized needles are nearly as accurate as estimates based on measurements for entire fascicles. Direct measurement of needles is more portable than VCIA and provides more accurate needle area estimates with less measurement effort.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.014
Threshold uncertainty score0.028

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.120
GPT teacher head0.272
Teacher spread0.153 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations15
Published2002
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