One of the six PhD students in the FRAS research school, my current project investigates the use of birch stock bred by Skogforsk in south Sweden. Overall I hope to relate the external form of birch to the mechanical properties of birch wood, and will later investigate birch quality in mixed stands with SLU.
Broadleaved species are becoming better recognised as an important part of the Swedish forest, and birch is already present in abundant numbers. I hope the findings of this research will help inform forest managers about the solid wood they can get from their birch trees. Most of the birch in Sweden is currently used as fuel or pulp, but by identifying the best conditions, we can hope to measure and improve the quality of birch wood.
Forskning
Birch in south Sweden
Wood mechanical properties (stiffness, density, grain angle) and stem form (physicial properties like branch frequency and diameter) measurements
Family trials with Skogforsk and Silviculture work with SLU
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Mina forskargrupper
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Mina pågående forskningsprojekt
Publikationer
Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
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Nilsson, J.A., Jones, G., Håkansson, C., Blom, Å., Bergh, J. (2021). Effects of Fertilization on Wood Formation in Naturally Regenerated Juvenile Silver Birch in a Norway Spruce Stand in South Sweden. Forests. 12 (4).
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Jones, G., Liziniewicz, M., Adamopoulos, S., Lindeberg, J. (2021). Genetic Parameters of Stem and Wood Traits in Full-Sib Silver Birch Families. Forests. 12 (2). 1-17.
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Mohan, K., Mason, E.G., Bown, H.E., Jones, G. (2020). A comparison between traditional ordinary least-squares regression and three methods for enforcing additivity in biomass equations using a sample of Pinus radiata trees. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 50. 1-16.
Status: Publicerad
Konferensbidrag (Refereegranskat)
- Jones, G., Adamopoulos, S., Liziniewicz, M., Lindeberg, J. (2019). Nondestructive wood density testing in downy birch and silver birch genetics field trial, southern Sweden. 21st International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, : Freiburg, Germany, 2019. 79-86.
Doktorsavhandling, sammanläggning (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Jones, G. (2022). Birch Stem and Wood Traits in Genetic and Silviculture Trials in Southern Sweden. Doctoral Thesis. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 75.