... diameter (Dj) of each internode of the branch.Xj, Xj+1, Yj, Yj+1are the co-ordinates of the ends of the intern-ode. The total foliage area borne by the internode (2ndorder)and the 3rdorder ... according to the shape of the distribution)using the non-linear procedure of the SAS softwarepackage (SAS 6.11, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, 1989-1995): it calculated the minimum residual sum of ... solid linerepresents the boundary curve on the measured points, of corre-sponding equation written on the graph.Original articleEstimating the foliage area of Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster...