... for one region can not be used inanother one: on the scale of an interregional observation, a sig-nificant portion of branch diameter variance would no longerbe explained by stem size and stand ... al.stem height and diameter. Stand parameters like site index and stand density did not enter the model. But, as the stand param-eters control the tree height and radial growth, the model is stillable ... Eqs. (2. 3) and (2. 4)) , stem height and diameter.Horizontal axis: values of a, p obtained by a fit of equation ( 1) to the data of each tree of the Midi-Pyrénées sample. Vertical axis: a and b valuescomputed...