Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Direct and indirect path coefficients of various variables affecting tangential shrinkage (Y₃)

From: Wood density and wood shrinkage in relation to initial spacing and tree growth in black spruce (Picea mariana)

	X₁ → Y₃	X₂ → Y₃	X₃ → Y₃	X₄ → Y₃	X₅ → Y₃	X₆ → Y₃
X₁→	− 0.0757	0.0540	− 0.0121	0.0284	0.0312	0.1134
X₂→	− 0.0189	0.2161	− 0.0586	0.0090	− 0.0326	− 0.1073
X₃→	0.0072	− 0.0991	0.1277	− 0.0076	0.0151	0.0355
X₄→	− 0.0362	0.0328	− 0.0164	0.0593	0.0211	0.0477
X₅→	0.0184	0.0549	− 0.0151	− 0.0097	− 0.1283	− 0.1003
X₆→	− 0.0287	− 0.0775	0.0151	0.0095	0.0430	0.2991

X₁ = log height, X₂ = DBH class, X₃ = stand density X₄ = ring width, X₅ = distance from the pith, X₆ = basic wood density
Major direct path coefficients are highlighted in bold

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