... between the 50- and the 81-year-old stages. The biomass is mainlystored in the trunk, then the branches and then the roots (Fig. 1).Throughout the time sequence, the contributions by the trunk,branches ... that of aerial wood lefton the ground: 52 t/ha, and that of the remaining roots left in the soil: 65 t/ha. The future or the percentage distribution, of the carbon biomass, after each thinning, ... half of the total biomass of the corre-sponding (sub-)component. It was found that the carbon bio-mass of beech was mainly distributed in the trunk (at least51%), then in the branches and then...