Key message Field methods for rapid determination of wood density in trees have evolved
from increment borer, torsiometer, Pilodyn, and nail withdrawal into sophisticated electronic …

Wood microdensitometry is the analysis of radial variations of density at the annual or intra-
annual growth ring level. Density is related to wood quality, biomass, carbon content, tree …

Abstract Purpose of Review Corewood ('juvenile wood') is found within the first 10–20
annual rings adjacent to the pith. This review focuses on describing the characteristics of …

Abstract Purpose of Review 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 …

Key message Thinning affects negatively the quality of sawn timber of Douglas fir, Norway
spruce, and Sitka spruce. The effect was confirmed in structural-sized boards and small …

The relationships between several crown and tree properties and timber quality were
examined on three softwood species: Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) …

Background Wood density is an important property that affects the performance of Douglas-
fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) timber. In order to develop strategies to achieve …

High variations in juvenile wood properties in the radial direction and its worse performance
than mature wood make it less suitable for some applications and often treated as waste …

With conifer plantations having an increasingly important role in meeting the fiber needs of
society, an understanding of the effect of silvicultural practices on wood quality is critical. The …

Studies on wood basic density (BD) vertical variations become essential to predict more
accurately the within-stem distributions of biomass and wood quality in the forest resource …