Wood Origin Identification and Wood Tracking from the Forest to the Final Product
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 September 2020) | Viewed by 465
Special Issue Editor
Interests: engineering design; biogenic materials; material characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Customers are becoming increasingly interested in the origin of their wood products. In particular, with respect to the discussion of sustainability and climate change, issues such as illegal cutting and fake certificates damage the positive image of wood as a sustainable and renewable resource. For this reason, methods for wood tracking from the forest to the final consumer are attracting increasing interest. This Special Issue aims to gather state-of-the-art methods for wood tracking and origin identification.
In particular, contributions covering the following subtopics are welcome:
Wood tracking methods in the forest;
Noninvasive and nondestructive methods for wood identification;
Wood quality prediction based on origin information;
Industrial tools for wood tracking.
Prof. Alexander Petutschnigg
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wood tracking
- log traceability
- chemometric wood analysis
- fingerprint technologies
- artificial intelligence detection methods
- chain of custody system
- wood scanning
- tree identification
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