The potential of non-native pines for timber production—a case study from afforested post-mining sites

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41320/24:100421

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/8/1388" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/8/1388</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f15081388" target="_blank" >10.3390/f15081388</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The potential of non-native pines for timber production—a case study from afforested post-mining sites

Original language description

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) represents one of the most important commercial coniferous tree species, providing valuable timber. Due to climate change, it is experiencing serious problems in some areas, therefore, finding a suitable substitute for its wood is currently a challenge. In this study, we compared the wood quality of three different non-native pine species and Scots pine growing at the same site to ensure identical growing conditions. Black pine (Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold), a pine species native to Southern Europe, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon), and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson) native to North America were compared to Scots pine for selected quantitative (productivity) and qualitative (physical and mechanical) properties. Significant differences between pine species were found in all quantitative dendrometric parameters, except average diameter at breast height. The stand volume ranged from 157 m(3) ha(-1) for lodgepole pine to 356 m(3) ha(-1) for Scots pine. For qualitative characteristics, wood density, shrinkage, and compressive strength were used to find differences among species in choosing the best alternative. The highest wood density was obtained for Scots pine (458 kg m(-3)), followed by black pine with 441 kg m(-3). The density of the remaining pine species was significantly lower. Scots pine also exceeded the tested species in compressive strength (44.2 MPa). Lodgepole pine achieved the second highest value (39.3 MPa) but was statistically similar to black pine (36.5 MPa). The tested pine species exhibited similar values in shrinkage, which were statistically insignificant, ranging from 14.3% for lodgepole pine to 15.1% for Scots pine. Based on applications and preferred characteristics, black pine or lodgepole pine could serve as the Scots pine substitute in some areas. And vice versa, ponderosa pine did not attain the Scots pine wood quality.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40100 - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forests

ISSN

1999-4907

e-ISSN

1999-4907

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1388

UT code for WoS article

001307275900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85202684373