%0 Article
%T Changes in timber assortments and loss in stumpage prices caused by decay in growing Norway spruce timber
%A Tuimala, Aili
%D 1979
%J Silva Fennica
%V 13
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a14908
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5051
%X <p>Material for this study was collected from 26 stands marked for clear cutting in Southern Finland. The volume of decayed Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em> (L.) H. Karst.) timber and pulpwood was determined by deducting the volumes of these assortments (as recorded on the measurement certificate) from the volume of the standing trees. To obtain the economic loss, the volume of decayed wood was multiplied by the difference in stumpage prices between spruce timber of pulpwood and pine pulpwood. In the 17 stands of Buyer A the loss in timber volume caused by decay was 5.84% and the loss in stumpage price 2.84 Fmk/m<sup>3</sup> (means weighted by volume). The corresponding figures in the 9 stands of Buyer B were 10.87% and 5.50 Fmk/m<sup>3,</sup> respectively.</p>
<p>At the mean stumpage price level for the felling season 1977-78 the losses in the stands m.f.c. mentioned above were 2.87% per unit price in the stands of Buyer A and 5.75% in the stands of Buyer B.</p>
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