Wood species utilization for timber constructions in the Czech lands over the period 1400–1900

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/21:00548447 RIV/62156489:43410/21:43920447 RIV/00216224:14310/21:00122745

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2021.125900" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.dendro.2021.125900</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Wood species utilization for timber constructions in the Czech lands over the period 1400–1900

Original language description

Longstanding demographic growth accompanied by rising settlement activities and development of industry led to an increasing demand on utilization of wood. Tree species were selected for their specific properties. As a consequence of regional differences of forest species composition, wood has become an extremely important trade commodity. Therefore, the utilization of individual species could substantially change in space and time. In this study, we use 8´135 precisely dated timber constructions from a dendrochronological database to investigate spatio-temporal changes in wood utilization across the Czech lands from the 15th to the 19th century. Our results suggest that the utilization of individual species in historical timber constructions was primarily limited by their availability. Species selection was also based on wood properties and stem geometry. Most of historical constructions (99.7%), represented mainly by roofs and ceilings, are made of fir, spruce, pine, and oak. While fir constructions prevail in eastern Moravia and Silesia, spruce constructions are largely spread across the western and central part of the Czech Republic. Pine and oak constructions reflect natural occurrence of such forests in lower elevated central Bohemia and southern Moravia. Although fir prevailed in timber construction in the late-Medieval and post-Medieval times, planting of spruce monocultures resulted in its significantly increased utilization by the end of the 19th century. This study demonstrates the value of dendrochronological databases as an indicator of historical wood utilization.

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

40102 - Forestry

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

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

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Dendrochronologia

ISSN

1125-7865

e-ISSN

1612-0051

Volume of the periodical

70

Issue of the periodical within the volume

DEC

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

125900

UT code for WoS article

000718372900003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85118487724