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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 7 Correlation coefficients between annual ring width and lumber properties in each wood type

From: Preliminary evaluation for quality of dimension lumber in four common softwoods in Mongolia

Species

Wood type

n

AD

DMOE

MOE

MOR

Pinus sylvestris

I

19

− 0.267

(0.269)

− 0.573

(0.010)

− 0.563

(0.012)

− 0.426

(0.069)

II

16

− 0.293

(0.271)

− 0.838

(0.000)

− 0.710

(0.002)

− 0.552

(0.027)

III

26

− 0.484

(0.012)

− 0.346

(0.084)

− 0.258

(0.203)

− 0.017

(0.935)

Total

61

− 0.399

(0.001)

− 0.552

(0.000)

− 0.505

(0.000)

− 0.339

(0.008)

Pinus sibirica

I

11

− 0.407

(0.214)

− 0.129

(0.705)

− 0.201

(0.554)

− 0.249

(0.460)

II

10

0.147

(0.685)

0.438

(0.205)

0.312

(0.380)

− 0.170

(0.639)

III

18

− 0.214

(0.393)

− 0.155

(0.540)

− 0.190

(0.451)

− 0.113

(0.654)

Total

39

− 0.170

(0.302)

− 0.039

(0.816)

− 0.107

(0.516)

− 0.157

(0.338)

Picea obovata

I

13

− 0.198

(0.516)

− 0.348

(0.244)

− 0.198

(0.516)

− 0.397

(0.179)

II

18

− 0.300

(0.212)

− 0.119

(0.640)

− 0.228

(0.362)

− 0.106

(0.676)

III

36

− 0.668

(0.000)

− 0.281

(0.097)

− 0.285

(0.092)

− 0.169

(0.325)

Total

67

− 0.360

(0.003)

− 0.294

(0.016)

− 0.276

(0.024)

− 0.204

(0.098)

L. sibirica

I

13

0.072

(0.816)

0.383

(0.196)

0.204

(0.503)

0.169

(0.581)

II

16

0.076

(0.779)

0.163

(0.545)

0.258

(0.336)

0.074

(0.786)

III

8

0.950

(0.000)

0.536

(0.171)

0.682

(0.063)

0.006

(0.989)

Total

37

0.280

(0.094)

0.262

(0.118)

0.297

(0.074)

0.086

(0.612)

  1. n, number of lumber; AD, air-dry density at testing; DMOE, dynamic Young’s modulus; MOE and MOR, modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture adjusted to the values at 15% moisture content by the methods described in Japan Housing and Wood Technology Center [27]; I, lumber including pith at almost-center position in cross section; II, lumber obtained near the pith (sometimes including pith on the surface area of the lumber); III, lumber obtained from outer part of the logs (without pith). Values in parentheses followed by correlation coefficients are p-values obtained by a test of no correlation