Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in Germany
Windthrow and other calamities pose major challenges for forestry companies. In addition to difficult processing, solutions for the medium- and long-term storage of logs without the loss of quality are required in order to counteract the oversupply and falling prices of raw wood. The application of...
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| description | Windthrow and other calamities pose major challenges for forestry companies. In addition to difficult processing, solutions for the medium- and long-term storage of logs without the loss of quality are required in order to counteract the oversupply and falling prices of raw wood. The application of foil piles is a comparatively young and only regionally established procedure, which is of particular interest when wet storage is not possible. As part of a case study, a total of 32 piles of Norway spruce (<i>Picea abies</i>) wood were monitored under foil in the forest district of Dassel (Lower Saxony State Forests, Germany), and the conditions for wood-destroying fungi and the resulting wood quality were evaluated. A considerable depreciation in the stored wood was directly related to the atmosphere inside the pile and could be attributed to various types of damage to the foil. It became evident that quality losses can only be avoided by working quickly, being careful when sealing the piles and providing intensive support in the form of monitoring and rapid repairs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4776e4177a064c2490e92f05686783f22023-11-24T08:24:03ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072022-11-011311191810.3390/f13111918Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in GermanyChristian Brischke0Kira Wippermann1Wood Biology and Wood Products, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, D-37077 Goettingen, GermanyForest Office Liebenburg, Lower Saxonian State Forests, D-38704 Liebenburg, GermanyWindthrow and other calamities pose major challenges for forestry companies. In addition to difficult processing, solutions for the medium- and long-term storage of logs without the loss of quality are required in order to counteract the oversupply and falling prices of raw wood. The application of foil piles is a comparatively young and only regionally established procedure, which is of particular interest when wet storage is not possible. As part of a case study, a total of 32 piles of Norway spruce (<i>Picea abies</i>) wood were monitored under foil in the forest district of Dassel (Lower Saxony State Forests, Germany), and the conditions for wood-destroying fungi and the resulting wood quality were evaluated. A considerable depreciation in the stored wood was directly related to the atmosphere inside the pile and could be attributed to various types of damage to the foil. It became evident that quality losses can only be avoided by working quickly, being careful when sealing the piles and providing intensive support in the form of monitoring and rapid repairs.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/11/1918bark-breeding beetlecalamity timberfoil storagewood quality |
| spellingShingle | Christian Brischke Kira Wippermann Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in Germany Forests bark-breeding beetle calamity timber foil storage wood quality |
| title | Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in Germany |
| title_full | Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in Germany |
| title_fullStr | Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in Germany |
| title_short | Foil Storage of Storm-Felled Timber—Long-Term Monitoring of Norway Spruce Piles in Germany |
| title_sort | foil storage of storm felled timber long term monitoring of norway spruce piles in germany |
| topic | bark-breeding beetle calamity timber foil storage wood quality |
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