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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
Landesgraduiertenforderungsgesetz (LGFG) Commission, 
Baden-Württemberg, Germany is acknowledged by the author 
for providing financial support during the research work within 
the framework of doctoral scholarship program. The authors 
would like to thank the Forest Research Institute of Baden- 
Württemberg (FVA) for providing the reference data for the 
study area. The authors also acknowledges his gratitude to his 
fellow colleagues Christoph and Johannes who have further 
conducted the field work for plot establishment in the test sites 
to get more forest parameters.