Optimal bucking of Douglas fir taking into consideration external properties and wood density

Mauricio Acuna; Glen Murphy

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Optimal bucking of Douglas fir taking into consideration external properties and wood density

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Optimal bucking of Douglas fir taking into consideration external properties and wood density

Mauricio Acuna and Glen Murphy

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, Vol.35(2/3), pp.139-152

2005

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Abstract

Forestry Sciences

Ecological Applications

optimal bucking

internal wood properties

basic density

value

recovery

During recent years niche markets have begun to demand forest products with specific characteristics. Traditionally markets required products with particular external log properties such as a specific diameter, length, and knot size. However, today's log markets are beginning to include new wood properties, such as basic density and stiffness. Although markets have not accompanied these new requirements with price incentives for producers to meet such demands, the new characteristics are nevertheless valued by these markets. An optimal bucking procedure, which included wood density, was developed. Four hypothetical market scenarios, covering a range of density specifications and price incentives, were evaluated, and results showed that in a density-constrained scenario the total revenue could be substantially less than in a scenario which did not specify density.

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Title: Optimal bucking of Douglas fir taking into consideration external properties and wood density
Authors: Mauricio Acuna (Author) - Oregon State University, United States
Glen Murphy (Author) - Oregon State University, United States
Publication details: New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, Vol.35(2/3), pp.139-152
Publisher: SpringerOpen
Date published: 2005
ISSN: 0048-0134
Copyright note: Copyright © 2005 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attrribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450154402621
Output Type: Journal article

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