Table 5 Comparison of the selected general models and previously published both generic and for each species.

From: Species-specific allometric models for reducing uncertainty in estimating above ground biomass at Moist Evergreen Afromontane Forest of Ethiopia

Species	Previously developed models	predicted AGB mean in (Kg)	SE	RMSE		MPE		TRE (%)
Species	Previously developed models	predicted AGB mean in (Kg)	SE	Kg	%	Kg	%	TRE (%)
A. gummifera	Chave et al.³³	2233.5	900.74	951	35.2	471.8*	17.4	− 17.4
	Asrat et al.²⁶	2576.9	887.43	567.2	21	128.3	4.7	− 4.7
	Chave et al.³⁴	2223.2	949.08	936.7	34.6	482.0*	17.8	− 17.8
	Brown³⁶	2964	1074.33	434.9	16.1	− 258.8*	− 9.6	9.6
	M 1	2716.6	1067.48	284.4	10.5	− 11.4	− 0.4	0.04
C. macrostachyus	Chave et al.³³	1320	377.97	318.6	27.1	− 145.2*	− 12.4	12.4
	Asrat et al.²⁶	1614.2	379.83	697.1	59.3	− 439.4**	− 37.4	37.4
	Chave et al.³⁴	1289.1	521.24	296.1	25.2	− 114.3	− 9.7	9.7
	Brown³⁶	1955.4	562.35	1038.5	88.4	− 780.6***	− 66.4	66.5
	M 1	1190.4	372.84	207.8	17.7	− 15.7	− 1.3	1.07
S. guineense	Chave et al.³³	1815.4	703.59	483.1	31.2	− 264.8*	− 17.1	17.1
	Asrat et al.²⁶	2664.9	701.36	1913.4	123.4	− 1114.3*	− 71.9	71.9
	Chave et al.³⁴	1795.7	1067.79	479.2	30.9	− 245.1*	− 15.8	15.8
	Brown³⁶	2757.6	1061.76	1930.2	124.5	− 1207.0*	− 77.8	77.8
	M 1	1601.1	616.78	130.8	8.4	− 50.5	− 3.3	2.5
V. dainellii	Chave et al.³³	341.2	98.37	16.8	79.7	307.5*	47.4	− 46.9
	Asrat et al.²⁶	632.8	102.51	219.6	33.9	15.9	2.5	1.0
	Chave et al.³⁴	322.1	179.04	322.1	82.9	326.6*	50.3	− 49.8
	Brown³⁶	545.5	160.18	263.4	40.6	103.2	15.9	− 15.0
	M1	601	185.09	158.5	24.4	47.7	7.3	− 8.2
B. abyssinica	Chave et al.³³	324.9	102.42	89.3	23	63.8**	16.4	− 16.4
	Asrat et al.²⁶	393.2	106.67	64.1	16.5	− 4.5	− 1.2	1.2
	Chave et al.³⁴	306.2	113.55	108.3	27.9	82.4**	21.2	− 21.2
	Brown³⁶	556.7	183.85	271.2	69.8	− 168.0*	− 43.2	43.2
	M1	389.2	117.25	59.4	15.3	− 0.6	− 0.1	0.02

M1, The best selected model in the present study; SE, Standard Error; Significance level: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

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