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Characterization of randomly oriented strand boards manufactured from juvenile wood of underutilized wood species
The wood-based panel industry in Europe, which is dominated by the use of Norway spruce, will face new challenges due to environmental changes and...
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How thermal treatment affects the chemical composition and the physical, mechanical and swelling properties of Scots pine juvenile and mature wood
High variations in juvenile wood properties in the radial direction and its worse performance than mature wood make it less suitable for some...
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Fuel Wood Pellets Produced from Sawdust of Scots Pine Mature and Juvenile Wood: Self-Heating and Off-Gassing Tests at Industrial Scale
This study investigated self-heating and off-gassing of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ) wood pellets made from sawdust generated from separated mature...
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Variable temperature regimes and wetland salinity reduce performance of juvenile wood frogs
On a changing planet, amphibians must respond to weather events shifting in frequency and magnitude, and to how those temperature and precipitation...
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Influence of juvenile and mature wood on anatomical and chemical properties of early and late wood from Chinese fir plantation
The proportion of juvenile wood affects the utilization of wood seriously, and the transition year of juvenile wood (JW) and mature wood (MW) plays a...
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Heartwood proportion and density of Tectona grandis L.f. wood from Brazilian fast-growing plantations at different ages
The high demand for teak wood has driven efforts to achieve increased volumetric production in fast-growing plantations. However, the logs often...
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Shrinkage pattern assessment for black pine juvenile wood delimitation
Juvenile wood is associated with shrinkage and a high probability of war** and checks in end products, reducing their value and even causing them...
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Variation of anatomical characteristics of Nothofagus alpina wood grown under three silvicultural conditions
Key messageThere were significant differences in the anatomical characteristics of Nothofagus alpina between the site with silvicultural condition...
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The feasibility of adding wood quality traits as selection criteria in the Galician Pinus pinaster Aiton breeding program: case study
Pinus pinaster is a very important species for the Galician wood industry. A genetic breeding program was started in the 1980s to select plus trees...
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Tree rings, wood density and climate–growth relationships of four Douglas-fir provenances in sub-Mediterranean Slovenia
Key messageThe relationships between growth rates of examined provenances in the sub-Mediterranean change between juvenile and adult growth phase,...
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Wood density prediction using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging for early selection of Eucalyptus grandis trees
Key messageNear-infrared hyperspectral imaging allows to build suitable wood density maps for 6-year-old Eucalyptus grandis trees. Robust age–age...
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Radial variation in anatomical wood characteristics and physical properties of Paulownia elongata x Paulownia fortunei hybrid Cotevisa 2 from fast-growing plantations
The trend of increasing demand for wood raw material is becoming of great global concern. Fast-growing plantations, such as those of Paulownia , are...
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Wood modification with nanoparticles fortified polymeric resins for producing nano-wood composites: a review
Wood is one of the renewable building materials which can meet the increased global demand for sustainable materials. However, the wood-based sector...
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Inheritance of wood properties and their radial variations in full-sib families of 36-year-old Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr.)
Key messageLarger differences of maximum load among families were found in mature wood compared to juvenile wood, suggesting the possibility of...
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Industrial assays to evaluate the efficacy of vacuum pressure impregnation with commercial wood preservatives to eliminate the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, and other nematodes from Pinus pinaster wood
To demonstrate the efficacy of the vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI) with commercial wood preservative products to eliminate the quarantine...
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Detecting the changes of wood properties with respect to elapsed years since wood formation by the eigenvalue distribution of near infrared spectral matrices
The effects of aging on wood properties are usually evaluated based on cambial age, with the assumption that the properties do not change once the...
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Effect of habitat specific wood specific gravity on biomass and carbon stock of trees in tropical dry deciduous forest of central India
Wood specific gravity (WSG) is one of the important variables in biomass and carbon stock estimation through non-destructive method. Present study...
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A review of the effect of fertilization on the wood properties of Pinus trees
The use of intensive silviculture to increase forest productivity in commercial plantations will undoubtedly persist into the future. This review...
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Analysis of genetic parameters of growth and wood traits provides insight into the genetic improvement of Schima superba
Schima superba (Theaceae) is widely distributed in subtropical China, and is the main timber and ecological afforestation tree species. This study...
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Coastal Accumulations of Juvenile Fishes in the Mouth Areas of Tributaries of Rybinsk Reservoir
Long-term data (1996–1999 and 2008–2014) are presented on the species composition, density of aggregations, and distribution of juvenile fish in...
