The Possibility of Using Non-Native Spruces for Norway Spruce Wood Replacement-A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00020702:_____/24:N0000061

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f15020255" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f15020255</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f15020255" target="_blank" >10.3390/f15020255</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Possibility of Using Non-Native Spruces for Norway Spruce Wood Replacement-A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Original language description

European forests are facing ongoing climate change, and certain tree species are being critically impacted. The Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) is one of the most sensitive species to climate fluctuations, a fact manifesting itself through massive dieback resulting in a lack of high-quality timber and timber market destabilization. Therefore, the possibility of wood substitution with non-native spruce species, namely, black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) Britt., Sterns, et Poggenburg), Serbian spruce (Picea omorika (Pan & ccaron;ic) Purk.), and blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm.), under the specific conditions of forest reclamations with great potential for future afforestation was tested. Wood density, modulus of rupture, and modulus of elasticity were used to evaluate wood quality in comparison with native Norway spruce. The results confirmed that only the Serbian spruce reached the quality of Norway spruce and even exceeded it in terms of wood density (P. omorika 525 kg center dot m-3 vs. P. abies 517 kg center dot m-3) and exhibited comparable parameters with regard to other properties. The density of the other species was significantly lower for blue spruce (476 kg center dot m-3) and black spruce (468 kg center dot m-3). A similar trend was found for other wood parameters, which confirmed that Norway spruce quality was nearly comparable with that of Serbian spruce. On the other hand, black spruce and blue spruce did not match the quality of Norway spruce. The within-stem variability of the properties tested was low for all the spruce species examined. In conclusion, the Serbian spruce showed great potential for future usage in forest management and is one of the possible methods of Norway spruce replacement in times of unprecedented forest disturbances under the effects of global climate change.

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

<a href="/en/project/QK22020045" target="_blank" >QK22020045: Potential of geographically non-native species in the forestry sector of the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

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

2.0

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1-14

UT code for WoS article

001172053700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85185830342