Fig. 2

Allometric best models fitted for the stem, branch, needle and total aboveground compartment together with observed data. The effect of tree age was introduced as: \( W = a{ }{D^{\rm{b}}}{\hbox{Age}}{^{\rm{c}}} \) apart from the aboveground biomass model where it was not significant. The curves show model prediction at the age of 10, 30 and 50, respectively