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• Adaptation strategies to manage risk in Australia’s plantations

  Predicted changes to Australia’s climate over the next one to three decades will affect management strategies for Australia’s Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus radiata plantations.  This res... Read More

• Benchmarking the wood properties of radiata pine plantations: Tasmania - Summary Report

  This project sought to identify the major sources of variation in wood properties affecting structural lumber recoveries across Tasmania (within and between sites) in crops within 10 years of ... Read More

• Evaluating and modelling radiata pine wood quality in the Murray valley region (PNC325-1314)

  There is increasing pressure to boost plantation productivity in radiata pine.  It is critical, however, where gains are achieved, that wood quality is maintained.  The main options ... Read More

• Resource Evaluation for Future Profit: Part A - Wood Property Survey of the Green Triangle Region

  The project’s objectives were to demonstrate the value of resource evaluation tools that can predict future trends in structural grade recovery, using the Green Triangle region as the case stu... Read More

• Standing tree measurement of acoustic velocity as a predictor of kraft pulp yield in E. nitens across 2 sites

  This report was designed to validate or discard the use of standing tree and/or log acoustics as a tool for predicting Kraft pulp yield (KPY). As a result Acoustic velocity in both standing a... Read More

• Using hand held near-infrared radiation (NIR) devices to measure Kraft pulp yield from standing trees

  Foresters can now precisely predict Kraft pulp yield from standing trees in eucalypt plantations with hand-held devices that use near-infrared radiation (NIR) and provide immediate results. T... Read More

• Validated softwood stiffness predictions using IML-Resistograph and eCambium (VNB459-1718)

  This project utilised the IML-RESI, a tool that works by using small-diameter drill technology, to quickly and cost effectively capture details of a tree’s wood variability and quality. The re... Read More