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The effects of various thinning and pruning methods on the density profile and annual ring characteristics of Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides Hay.) using the drilling resistance technique were investigated. The results showed that thinning caused wider annual rings than medium thinning or no thinning, and pruning caused narrower annual rings than no pruning. Moreover, the thinning treatment affected annual rings more effectively than the pruning treatment. The average ring density after the thinning treatments showed a trend as follows: no thinning > medium > heavy. This indicates that thinning reduces the average ring density. The average ring density after the pruning treatments showed a trend as follows: medium > no pruning > heavy. However, the differences between thinning and no thinning were not statistically significant. The percentage of latewood in Taiwania after these three thinning and pruning treatments are shown. The results with silvicultural treatments have the order: medium > not treated > heavy, but there are no statistically significant differences among thinning, pruning, and thinning where pruning interactions were observed. Moreover, there were highly significant negative relations between the average ring width and the various ring densities for Taiwania, but the determination coefficients were small. In addition, there was a highly positively significant relation between the latewood percentage and latewood width.
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Received: November 22, 2001 / Accepted: May 21, 2002
Acknowledgments The authors thank the National Science Council of ROC for financial support through grant NSC-90-2313-B-002-338, and the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute for their contribution (210).
Correspondence to:C.-J. Lin
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Wang, SY., Chiu, CM. & Lin, CJ. Application of the drilling resistance method for annual ring characteristics: evaluation of Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) trees grown with different thinning and pruning treatments. J Wood Sci 49, 116–124 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100860300018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100860300018