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Modeling of radial variations in wood properties and comparison of juvenile and mature wood of four common conifers in Mongolia

  • Murzabyek Sarkhad , Futoshi Ishiguri EMAIL logo , Ikumi Nezu , Bayasaa Tumenjargal , Yusuke Takahashi , Bayartsetseg Baasan , Ganbaatar Chultem , Jyunichi Ohshima and Shinso Yokota
Published/Copyright: November 11, 2021
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Abstract

Pinus sylvestris L., Pinus sibirica Du Tour, Picea obovata Ledeb., and Larix sibirica Ledeb. are important forest tree species in Mongolia. The radial variations of wood anatomical characteristics, physical and mechanical properties were evaluated by linear or nonlinear mixed-effects models for effective wood utilization of those of conifers. Many of these wood properties either increased or decreased from the pith to the bark and then became nearly constant based on the selected models. The properties of mature wood were estimated by nonlinear mixed-effects models, suggesting that P. sylvestris and L. sibirica are suitable as structural lumber, P. sibirica can be used for furniture and other interior products, and P. obovata is suitable for structural lumber as well as for furniture or interior products.


Corresponding author: Futoshi Ishiguri, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan, E-mail:

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Togtokhbayar Erdene-Ochir, Yui Kobayashi, and Tappei Takashima for their assistance in data gathering.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2021-0107).


Received: 2021-05-30
Accepted: 2021-09-27
Published Online: 2021-11-11
Published in Print: 2022-01-27

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