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Juvenile Wood in Forest Trees

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Bruce J. Zobel

    1. College of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
      Zobel Forestry Associates, Raleigh, USA

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  2. Jerry R. Sprague

    1. College of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

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  • A summary of knowledge about juvenile wood - both scientific and applied
  • A good summary of each chapter is given
  • Simply and understandably presented

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Wood Science (SSWOO)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages III-XV
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  2. General Concepts of Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 1-20

  3. Characteristics of Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 21-55

  4. Occurrence of Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 56-112

  5. Characteristics Affecting Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 113-140

  6. Changing Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 141-172

  7. Predictions of Mature and Total Tree Wood Properties from Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 173-187

  8. The Importance of Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 188-215

  9. Use of Juvenile Wood

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 216-248

  10. Unusual Wood Properties Near the Tree Center

    • Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague
    Pages 249-256

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 257-300
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The trend in forestry is toward shorter rotations and more complete utiliza­ tion of trees. The reasons are: (1) financial pressures to obtain rapid returns on the forestry investment made possible by an earlier harvest; (2) enforced harvest of young plantations to maintain a continuing supply of cellulose for mills where wood shortages are experienced; (3) thinning young plantations, both because they were planted too densely initially and because thinning is done where long rotation quality trees are the forestry goal; (4) more intensive utilization is being done using tops and small diameter trees; and (5) there is interest in using young (juvenile) wood for special products because of its unique characteristics and the development of new technologies. The largest present-day source of conifer juvenile wood is from thinnings of plantations where millions of hectares of pine were planted too densely. Because of the better growth rate resulting from improved silviculture and good genetic stock, plantations will need to be thinned heavily. As a result of this trend, young wood makes up an increasingly larger proportion of the total conifer wood supply each year. Large amounts of juvenile wood from hard­ woods are also currently available, especially in the tropics and subtropics, because of the fast growth rate of the species used, which results in shorter rotations and ess~ntially all juvenile wood.

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

    Bruce J. Zobel, Jerry R. Sprague

  • Zobel Forestry Associates, Raleigh, USA

    Bruce J. Zobel

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