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Compressive strength of young Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) trees grown with different thinning and pruning treatments

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Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides Hay) is an important timber species in Taiwan. Growth in generally improved trees under intense silvicultural practice is so rapid that rotations or the practice of thinning trees may be as short as 20–30 years. Thus, the wood properties of young plantation trees need to be characterized to effectively use this resource. The effects of different thinning and pruning methods on the compressive strength parallel to grain of young Taiwania trees were explored. Average compressive strengths with various thinning treatments revealed the trend of no thinning > medium thinning > heavy thinning and in the pruning treatments showed the trend of medium pruning > no pruning > heavy pruning. However, most results showed no statistically significant differences among thinning and pruning treatments.

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Lin, CJ., Wang, SY., Yang, TH. et al. Compressive strength of young Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) trees grown with different thinning and pruning treatments. J Wood Sci 52, 337–341 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-005-0771-2

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