Relationships Between Wood-Anatomical Features and Resistance Drilling Density in Norway Spruce and European Beech.

ABSTRACT: Environmental conditions affect tree-ring width (TRW), wood structure, and, consequently, wood density, which is one of the main wood quality indicators. Although studies on inter- and intra-annual variability in tree-ring features or density exist, studies demonstrating a clear link between wood structure on a cellular level and its effect on wood density on a macroscopic level are rare. Norway spruce with its simple coniferous structure and European beech, a diffuse-porous angiosperm species were selected to analyze these relationships. Increment cores were collected from both species at four sites in Slovenia. In total, 24 European beech and 17 Norway spruce trees were sampled. In addition, resistance drilling measurements were performed just a few centimeters above the increment core s

SUBMITTER: Arnic D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9024210 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature