Effect of thinning on the development of compression wood in stems of Corsican pine |
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| Authors: | Andrew Cameron Kevin Thomas |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, Scotland |
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| Abstract: | This study considered the effects of thinning on the development of compression wood in stems of 35-year-old stand of Corsican
pine (Pinus nigra L.). Part of the stand had been thinned at 5-yearly intervals and part left unthinned. Twenty trees each from the thinned
and unthinned stands were randomly selected and felled. Measurements were made on tree height, stem diameter, stem slenderness
and canopy depth. Wood samples were removed from the central part of the main log and cross-sectional measurements made on
ring width, basic density and compression wood content. Cross-sectional area of compression wood was found to be three time
higher in stems from the unthinned trees in comparison with those from the thinned trees. No significant differences in mean
radial ring width or basic density were found between treatments. Correlations indicated that, with increasing in stem diameter,
compression wood content increased in the unthinned trees, while a decline in compression was observed in the thinned trees.
Tree height was also positively correlated with compression wood content in unthinned trees, while no equivalent relationship
was observed in thinned trees. Observations from this study, while not conclusive, suggest that phototropic stimulus may be
producing stem inclinations in the unthinned stand as trees compete for space in the canopy, whereas crown competition has
been largely eliminated in the thinned stand; and that this is responsible for compression wood levels recorded in this study. |
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| Keywords: | Compression wood Thinning Pinus nigra |
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