The reusability of decommissioned treated wood is primarily dependent on the residual strength of the wood after service. Determining the residual strength can provide useful information for structural design and reuse of the decommissioned treated wood. This study evaluated the residual strength of decommissioned chromated copper arsenate-treated utility pole wood. Eleven decommissioned southe...

The reusability of decommissioned treated wood is primarily dependent on the residual strength of the wood after service. Determining the residual strength can provide useful information for structural design and reuse of the decommissioned treated wood. This study evaluated the residual strength of decommissioned chromated copper arsenate–treated utility pole wood. Eleven decommissioned southe...

ABSTRACT Pinus forests have been implanted in the South of Brazil since 1960s different spacing and harvested shorter terms to increase wood yield. Reducing rotation period changing forest plantations can influence wood’s physical mechanical properties, as they are younger trees that do not yet a significant amount mature their composition. In this context, research aimed study three levels pla...

The effect of thermal treatment on the chemical components, equilibrium moisture content (EMC), and shrinkage teak juvenile wood was studied. Heartwood sapwood samples were thermally-treated at 180 ºC 200 ºC. Extractive, Klason lignin, holocellulose, α-cellulose contents, as well pH untreated woods, determined. EMC reached five relative humidity (RH) levels using saturated salt solutions: 86...

Long-term monitoring of amphibians is needed to clarify population-level effects of ranaviruses (Rv) and the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). We investigated disease dynamics of co-occurring amphibian species and potential demographic consequences of Rv and Bd infections at a montane site in the Southern Appalachians, Georgia, USA. Our 3-yr study was unique in combining dise...