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A Review of Progress and Applications in Wood Quality Modelling
Producing wood of the right quality is an important part of forest management. In the same way that forest growth models are valuable decision support tools for producing desired yields, models that predict wo...
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Open AccessGrowth at the microscale: long term thinning effects on patterns and timing of intra-annual stem increment in radiata pine
Stem radial growth in forests is not uniform. Rather, it is characterized by periods of relatively fast or slow growth, or sometimes no growth at all. These fluctuations are generally a function of varying env...
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Independent lines of evidence of a genetic relationship between acoustic wave velocity and kraft pulp yield in Eucalyptus globulus
Multiple lines of evidence suggest acoustic wave velocity (AWV) would provide a rapid and efficient method to indirectly select for superior pulp yield in Eucalyptus globulus ...
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Climatic signal in cellulose microfibril angle and tracheid radial diameter of Picea crassifolia at different altitudes of the Tibetan plateau, northwest China
Little attention was given to the climatic signals in wood properties, such as microfibril angle (MFA) and tracheid radial diameter (TRD). In this article, year-to-year variation in MFA and TRD was measured by...
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NIR detection of non-recoverable collapse in sawn boards of Eucalyptus globulus
NIR predictions of cellulose content and stiffness (modulus of elasticity, MOE) from spectra collected from the radial longitudinal surface of Eucalyptus globulus wood were found to be reliable indicators of zone...
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The influence of stem guying on radial growth, stem form and internal resin features in radiata pine
Stem guying to prevent wind-induced swaying of radiata pine trees resulted in significant changes in radial growth, but did not affect the frequency of compression wood or resin features. ...
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The number of days on which increment occurs is the primary determinant of annual ring width in Callitris intratropica
The number of days on which a measureable increment occurred, and the average rate of stem growth, rather than the overall duration of the wet season, were the main determinants of ring width i...
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Prediction of non-recoverable collapse in Eucalyptus globulus from near infrared scanning of radial wood samples
Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy calibrations was used to predict radial profiles of cellulose content, wood density, cellulose microfibril angle (MFA) and modulus of elasticity (MOE) in 20-year-old plantation Eu...
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Open AccessEffect of stem bending and soil moisture on the incidence of resin pockets in radiata pine
Mechanical bending stress due to tree sway in strong winds and water stress during drought are thought to contribute to the formation of resin pockets, but it is unclear if these are linked and whether the ini...
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Short-term growth responses and associated wood density fluctuations in variously irrigated Eucalyptus globulus
Cambial growth and wood properties respond to fluctuating environmental conditions. Understanding the nature of these responses is crucial to understanding their cumulative effect on the wood quality character...
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Differences in daily stem size variation and growth in two hybrid eucalypt clones
Understanding daily stem size variation is important as the net increment of a forest stand is ultimately determined by the accumulation of daily increment events. In this study, measurements of stem size at h...
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High resolution temporal variation in wood properties in irrigated and nonirrigated Eucalyptus globulus
• Environmental determinants of wood properties variation were examined in Eucalyptus globulus, a globally important hardwood plantation species, in southe...
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Wood properties of juvenile Pinus radiata growing in the presence and absence of competing understorey vegetation at a dryland site
Pinus radiata D. Don trees were grown in the presence and absence of the woody weed broom (Cytisus scoparius L.) on a dryland site for 2 years to determine the effects of competition from weeds on wood properties...
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Strength and structure of stems from fast grown Pinus radiata
Segments of living stems from 2-year-old, fast growing Pinus radiata, established on a fertile ex-pasture, were examined in terms of their bending strength parallel to the grain. Stem anatomical and structural va...
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Relationships between stem structure and bending strength in Pinus radiata seedlings
Seedlings from nine families of Pinus radiata were grown in a glasshouse under conditions of high and low nitrate nitrogen availability to investigate effects on anatomical and strength characteristics of stems. ...
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Effects of micronutrients on the growth form of two families of Pinus radiata (D.Don) seedlings
Micro-element deficiencies have been implicated in the development of poor stem form in Pinus radiata plantations. Cu, Mn and B have been implicated in previous studies as influencing tree form and/or the process...
