Exploring Douglas-fir as a viable alternative softwood to Scots pine at poor sandysoil sites

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00020702%3A_____%2F25%3AN0000069" target="_blank" >RIV/00020702:_____/25:N0000069 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02827581.2025.2599347" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02827581.2025.2599347</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2025.2599347" target="_blank" >10.1080/02827581.2025.2599347</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Exploring Douglas-fir as a viable alternative softwood to Scots pine at poor sandysoil sites
Original language description
The potential of Douglas-fir to replace Scots pine on sandy soils in the Czech Republic was analyzed, focusing on climate-growth interactions, timber quality, and stand structure. The study compared physical and mechanical wood properties (density, shrinkage, bending strength, elasticity), production potential, and inventory data. At 17 years, Douglas-fir reached a mean tree volume of 0.021 m3 versus Scots pine's 0.002 m3. By 29 years, Douglas-fir production reached 0.167 m3 and sequestered 121.4 t ha-1 of carbon, compared to 0.044 m3 and 81.2 t ha-1 for Scots pine. Radial growth of Scots pine was limited by low precipitation, while Douglas-fir was constrained by high air temperature. Douglas-fir wood had a higher wood density (581 kg m-3) than Scots pine (451 kg m-3). These findings suggest that Douglas-fir is a promising alternative to Scots pine for production forests on sandy soils in Central Europe.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry

Project
<a href="/en/project/TQ03000107" target="_blank" >TQ03000107: Rich-structured mixed stands as a key form of forest management adaptation to ongoing climate change</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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