EVALUATING TREES AND TREE STEMS AND/OR LOGS

摘要

A method of evaluating logs for wood quality dependent use, said logs to be derived from an eligible stand of trees, said method comprising the steps of attributing a mean value to the stand of trees that is an indicator of stiffness of logs likely to be extracted; comparing the mean value to reference data in order to derive, for that attributed mean value, a regression model relating an indicator of log stiffness to at least one log physical characteristic; and using the regression model to evaluate suitability for wood quality dependent use of each log derived, or to be derived, from the stand by reference to said at least one physical characteristic of that log.