Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 7 Direct and indirect path coefficients of various variables affecting volumetric shrinkage (Y₅)

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

	X₁ → Y₅	X₂ → Y₅	X₃ → Y₅	X₄ → Y₅	X₅ → Y₅	X₆ → Y₅
X₁→	− 0.0212	0.0397	− 0.0116	0.0140	0.0513	0.1566
X₂→	− 0.0053	0.1586	− 0.0562	0.0045	− 0.0537	− 0.1482
X₃→	0.0020	− 0.0728	0.1225	− 0.0038	0.0249	0.0490
X₄→	− 0.0102	0.0240	− 0.0157	0.0294	0.0347	0.0659
X₅→	0.0052	0.0403	− 0.0144	− 0.0048	− 0.2112	− 0.1385
X₆→	− 0.0081	− 0.0569	0.0145	0.0047	0.0708	0.4132

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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