CONTENTS 



Page 



INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS 3 



Fieldwork 3 



Analysis 6 



RESU LTS AND DISCUSSION 9 



Crown Weights 9 



Bole Weights 16 



Whole Tree Weights 18 



Branch Weights 20 



Foliage and Branchwood Fractions 20 



Bolewood Fractions 24 



Validation of Predictions 25 



Crown Bulk Density 25 



Moisture Content 28 



PUBLICATIONS CITED 31 



APPENDIX I 



Geogriiphic Distribution of Sample Trees 33 



APPENDIX II 



Listing of Data 35 



APPENDIX III 



Foliage and Branchwood Proportions 52 



