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Record W2916060694 · doi:10.1093/wjaf/20.1.64

Top Height Estimation in Lodgepole Pine Sample Plots

2005· article· en· W2916060694 on OpenAlexaff
Oscar Garcı́a, Adrian Batho

Bibliographic record

VenueWestern Journal of Applied Forestry · 2005
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicForest ecology and management
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Northern British Columbia
Fundersnot available
KeywordsStatisticsEstimatorPinus contortaMathematicsAutocorrelationSample (material)Environmental sciencePhysical geographyGeographyForestry

Abstract

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Abstract Top height definitions are often based on the heights of a certain number of the largest trees per unit area, such as the largest 100/ha. Recognizing that results vary with the extent of the reference area, this area is specified in the British Columbia definition, basing top height on the largest tree in a 0.01-ha plot. The problem is how to estimate top height when data is available for larger plots, without the information needed to subdivide them into 0.01-ha subplots. The usual largest 100/ha overestimates the correct value, and we find that the bias can be substantial. We evaluate two alternatives for natural lodgepole pine stands, using data from 0.04- and 0.08-ha sample plots. The improved estimators considerably reduce bias, although some bias due to spatial size autocorrelations remains. Autocorrelation was found to be predominantly positive, and some implications for growth and yield prediction are mentioned. West. J. Appl. For. 20(1):64–68.

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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)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.004
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.033
Threshold uncertainty score0.066

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.004
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 science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

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 head0.006
GPT teacher head0.221
Teacher spread0.215 · 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 designObservational
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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Published2005
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