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There were significant differences in the anatomical characteristics of Nothofagus alpina between the site with silvicultural condition similar to a regrowth forest, and with the sites with plantation regime.
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Nothofagus alpina has been a species of interest due to the high quality of its wood. To evaluate the early use of this wood in plantation regimes, wood from intermediate cuts has to be studied. Therefore, the variations in some anatomical characteristics of juvenile wood obtained from thinning of N. alpina trees growing under three different silvicultural conditions were evaluated. Using the decreasing granulometry sanding technique, wood samples were prepared to capture images from the transverse plane using reflectance microscopy. The anatomical characteristics considered in this work vary, from pith to bark, with statistically significant differences being found in the position closest to the bark. On the other hand, there were some similarities between the specimens that came from sites with a plantation regime and differences with the sites similar to a regrowth forest. Therefore, the possible impact of silvicultural conditions on the anatomical characteristics of N. alpina wood was pointed out, mainly the diameter of the vessels and wall thickness.
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The authors would like to thank the “Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile” ANID, through their FONDECYT Postdoctoral Program 2022 for the financing of the project Nº3220112 “Valorization of native wood from thinning: Study of the characteristics and properties of thermally modified Nothofagus alpina wood from plantations with intensive silviculture” and through their FONDEQUIP Program, for the financial support for the acquisition of research equipment: EQM140065 “Strengthening interdisciplinary research capacities in the area of materials and biomaterials”. They would also like to thank Helmut Huber, Alejandro Martínez, Gerardo Ludwig, Helmut Keim and Manuel Castro for their collaboration in this study.
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All authors contributed to the study’s conception and design. Angela Aucapán did the data collection, analysis and statistics, writing and editing; Maximilian Wentzel helped with the conceptualization, methodology, review and editing; Alfredo Aguilera helped with the methodology and editing and Aldo Rolleri conceived the study, did the conceptualization, methodology, writing, editing and supervision. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Angela Aucapán, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Aucapán, A., Wentzel, M., Aguilera, A. et al. Variation of anatomical characteristics of Nothofagus alpina wood grown under three silvicultural conditions. Trees (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-024-02515-8
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