Tuula Nuutinen 
,
Antti Kilpeläinen,
Hannu Hirvelä,
Kari Härkönen,
Veli-Pekka Ikonen,
Reetta Lempinen,
Heli Peltola,
Lars Wilhelmsson,
Seppo Kellomäki
Future wood and fibre sources – case North Karelia in eastern Finland
Nuutinen T., Kilpeläinen A., Hirvelä H., Härkönen K., Ikonen V.-P., Lempinen R., Peltola H., Wilhelmsson L., Kellomäki S. (2009). Future wood and fibre sources – case North Karelia in eastern Finland. Silva Fennica vol. 43 no. 3 article id 202. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.202
Abstract
Information on the potential wood supply is important for the wood industry. In this study, the future development of growing stock, cutting potential and wood properties corresponding to the regional scenario of North Karelian Forest Programme 2006–2010 was analysed. The simulations were performed by employing the Finnish MELA system together with the sample plot and tree data of the 9th Finnish National Forest Inventory (NFI9) as initial data for the simulations. Disc-based models for basic wood density, proportion of latewood and fibre length of Norway spruce and Scots pine in Sweden were calibrated and integrated into the MELA system. The wood properties at breast height of both harvested and standing trees were analysed in different strata (age, site type and cutting method) during the scenario period of 50 years (2002–2052). The average wood properties within the same strata varied only slightly over time. However, the results for different strata differed considerably. In general, wood density, fibre length and proportion of latewood increased, on average, as a function of tree age and along with a decrease in site fertility (excl. wood density and proportion of latewood in harvested Norway spruce in the first case and fibre length in the latter case for both species). For trees less than 80 years, properties in harvested trees were equal to or slightly greater than those of standing trees. The values for clear-cuttings were greater or equal to those of thinnings (excl. wood density and proportion of latewood in Norway spruce). The study demonstrates the value of model-based analyses utilising NFI tree measurements in regions that are considered to be sources of raw material.
Keywords
National Forest Inventory;
fibre length;
wood density;
proportion of latewood;
forest scenario analysis
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Nuutinen,
European Forest Institute, Torikatu 34, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland
E-mail
tuula.nuutinen@efi.int
- Kilpeläinen, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland E-mail ak@nn.fi
- Hirvelä, Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 18, FI-01301 Vantaa, Finland E-mail hh@nn.fi
- Härkönen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 18, FI-01301 Vantaa, Finland E-mail kh@nn.fi
- Ikonen, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland E-mail vpi@nn.fi
- Lempinen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 68, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland E-mail rl@nn.fi
- Peltola, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland E-mail hp@nn.fi
- Wilhelmsson, Skogforsk, Uppsala Science Park, SE-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden E-mail lw@nn.fi
- Kellomäki, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland E-mail sk@nn.fi
Received 2 June 2008 Accepted 8 June 2009 Published 31 December 2009
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