Purpose of review A rapidly changing climate is weakening the resilience of forest
ecosystems through vitality loss of major native tree species, which reduces the ability of …

There are three common methods for measuring surface strain as a consequence of stress
release in trees:(a) the Nicholson technique,(b) the CIRAD-Forêt method, and (c) by strain …

Background Eucalyptus is an important genus in industrial plantations throughout the world
and is grown for use as timber, pulp, paper and charcoal. Several breeding programmes …

Peripheral longitudinal growth strain (LGS) was measured on a total of 81, 22-year-old
pruned Eucalyptus nitens trees from five thinning treatments in a plantation thinning trial in …

High levels of growth stress are implicated in causing end splitting of logs, deflection during
sawing and deformation of boards as stresses are released during sawing operations. Level …

ABSTRACT Branch development in trees 1.6–5.7 years after planting was studied in a
plantation experiment involving Eucalyptus pilularis in subtropical eastern Australia. The …

Forests NSW manages Eucalyptus plantations on the north coast of NSW, Australia, for high-
value timber production. One species increasingly being planted both in Australia and …

Growth stress in 9-y-old plantation-grown Eucalyptus dunnii was assessed by measuring
longitudinal growth strain. Strain varied considerably (370–1560 μm− 1) and was sufficiently …

The impact of the manipulation of plantation stocking density on individual tree size can
affect final harvest costs and machine productivity. This paper investigated the impact of four …

Thirty dominant or co-dominant, straight trees were selected from a 32-year-old thinned
plantation of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Growth strain at tree surface at breast height was …