Influence of forest stand characteristics on physical, mechanical properties and chemistry of chestnut wood

Abstract Site conditions and forest management affect dendrometric parameters of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) coppices, but there is modest knowledge on the effect of stand dendrometric characters on physical and mechanical wood characteristics. The aim of this study was to verify these relation...

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Autores principales: Francesco Marini, Maria Chiara Manetti, Piermaria Corona, Luigi Portoghesi, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Swati Tamantini, Elena Kuzminsky, Florian Zikeli, Manuela Romagnoli
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/cacde024cff3403a89be9734f8a041cb
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Sumario:Abstract Site conditions and forest management affect dendrometric parameters of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) coppices, but there is modest knowledge on the effect of stand dendrometric characters on physical and mechanical wood characteristics. The aim of this study was to verify these relationships in chestnut coppices that were 12–14 years old. Wood density, compression and bending strength, shrinkages were measured on shoots of five different stand in a vulcanic site in Monte Amiata (Central – Italy). Investigated stands differ in number of stools/ha and dominant height, diameter/basal area of the shoots. The main difference in the physical characters among the stands is density. The initial results of the study showed that physical, mechanical wood characters are more dependent by the shoot than by the site. There is a positive relationships between the number of stools/ha and density and a negative one among shoot dominant height and basal area with wood density. Spectroscopic profile by FTIR has not showed relevant differences among the stands. Wood anatomy has showed the breakpoint at cellular level.