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Maturity and growth rate effects on Scots pine basic density

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It is indisputable that cambium maturity contributes to the basic density of wood. It is shown that in the case of two independent Scots pine materials collected from Eastern Finland, the basic density depends solely on cambium age, while distance from the tree pith makes no contribution at all. It is also shown that the basic density is independent of growth rate, even if it is negatively correlated with annual ring width.

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The authors highly appreciate the technical and financial assistance of their industrial collaborators, as well as the experimental assistance of Petri Hallikainen and Mika Tahvanainen.

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    Petri P. Kärenlampi & Mika Riekkinen

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P. Kärenlampi, P., Riekkinen, M. Maturity and growth rate effects on Scots pine basic density. Wood Sci Technol 38, 465–473 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-004-0243-7

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