Biomass and root attributes of eight of New Zealand’s most common indigenous evergreen conifer and broadleaved forest species during the first 5 years of establishment

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 2 Allometric relationships between RCD against stem, branch and foliage biomass

Species	Stem			Branch			Foliage
Species	r ²	P	Equation	r ²	P	Equation	r ²	P	Equation
Agathis australis (kauri)	0.822	< 0.001	y = 6.958 exp (0.114x)	0.744	< 0.001	y = 2.793 exp (0.111x)	0.799	< 0.001	y = 5.661 exp (0.106x)
Dacrycarpus dacrydioide (kahikatea)	0.942	< 0.001	y = 25.937 exp (0.058x)	0.908	< 0.001	y = 16.919 exp (0.064x)	0.941	< 0.001	y = 12.900 exp (0.062x)
Dacrydium cupressinum (rimu)	0.928	< 0.001	y = 17.665 exp (0.076x)	0.798	< 0.001	y = 13.086 exp (0.074x)	0.887	< 0.001	y = 23.053 exp (0.083x)
Podocarpus totara (totara)	0.930	< 0.001	y = 39.461 exp (0.052x)	0.699	< 0.001	y = 35.461 exp (0.058x)	0.788	< 0.001	y = 51.688 exp (0.049x)
Prumnopitys ferruginea (miro)	0.899	< 0.001	y = 10.667 exp (0.104x)	0.868	< 0.001	y = 8.871 exp (0.115x)	0.880	< 0.001	y = 9.919 exp (0.108x)
Prumnopitus taxifolia (matai)	0.775	< 0.001	y = 7.987 exp (0.098x)	0.790	< 0.001	y = 26.804 exp (0.106x)	0.760	< 0.001	y = 5.446 exp (0.106x)
Alectryon excelsus (titoki)	0.840	< 0.001	y = 31.875 exp (0.065x)	0.840	< 0.001	y = 14.277 exp (0.0812x)	0.734	< 0.001	y = 26.199 exp (0.052x)
Vitex lucens (puriri)	0.786	< 0.001	y = 48.929 exp (0.035x)	0.948	< 0.001	y = 15.611 exp (0.049x)	0.950	< 0.001	y = 25.903 exp (0.042x)