Growth responses to thinning, pruning and fertiliser application in Eucalyptus plantations: a review of their production ecology and interactions

DI Forrester - Forest ecology and management, 2013 - Elsevier
Thinning, pruning and fertiliser application are important silvicultural interventions used to
grow solid-wood products from Eucalyptus plantations. These treatments are examined in …

Growth and physiological responses to silviculture for producing solid-wood products from Eucalyptus plantations: An Australian perspective

DI Forrester, JL Medhurst, M Wood, CL Beadle… - Forest Ecology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
We review the main silvicultural interventions used when managing Eucalyptus plantations
for solid-wood products, including fertilising, pruning and thinning. The growth of a …

[PDF][PDF] What to do with structurally low-grade wood from Australia's plantation eucalyptus; building application

M Derikvand, G Nolan, H Jiao, N Kotlarewski - BioResources, 2017 - researchgate.net
About one million hectares of plantation hardwoods, mostly eucalyptus trees of different sub-
species (E. nitens and E. globulus), are annually being managed in Australia, which …

Visual stress grading of fibre-managed plantation Eucalypt timber for structural building applications

M Derikvand, N Kotlarewski, M Lee, H Jiao… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of visual characteristics, strength-reducing
features (SRFs), and basic density on the mechanical properties of fibre-managed plantation …

Stiffness and checking of Eucalyptus nitens sawn boards: genetic variation and potential for genetic improvement

D Blackburn, M Hamilton, C Harwood, T Innes… - Tree genetics & …, 2010 - Springer
A trial was undertaken to assess the extent to which variation in sawn-board quality traits of
plantation-grown Eucalyptus nitens is under genetic control and amenable to genetic …

Challenges of wood modification process for plantation eucalyptus: A review of Australian setting

RSM Ghani, MD Lee - Journal of the Korean Wood Science and …, 2021 - koreascience.kr
Australia has significant wood resources in its native forest, but the resource available for
harvest becomes lesser due to the conversion of native forest to conservation reserves. The …

[HTML][HTML] Janka hardness evaluation of plantation-grown Eucalyptus nitens for engineered flooring applications

K Millaniyage, N Kotlarewski, L Wallis, A Taoum… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hardness is commonly used to determine the suitability of a timber species for flooring
applications. In this study, Janka hardness test is conducted on sawlog managed Eucalyptus …

Rolling shear properties of cross-laminated timber made of fibre-managed plantation eucalyptus under short-span bending

A Ettelaei, A Taoum, G Nolan - Wood Material Science & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens are the most dominant hardwood plantation
species in Australia. Although containing a considerable amount of growth irregularities …

Longitudinal growth strain as a log and wood quality predictor for plantation-grown Eucalyptus nitens sawlogs

J Valencia, C Harwood, R Washusen, A Morrow… - Wood Science and …, 2011 - Springer
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 …

[PDF][PDF] An integrated approach for hemicellulose extraction from forest residue

D Ghosh, J Tanner, JM Lavoie, G Garnier, AF Patti - BioResources, 2021 - academia.edu
An alkali-mediated hydrothermal approach was optimized for partial extraction of high-purity
hemicellulose (xylan) from a timber waste product (unbleached eucalyptus sawdust). The …