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Summary Evaluating the wood density of standing trees quickly, cheaply and reliably with a minimum of damage is clearly of benefit to wood producers. In this study an IML-Resi F300S field tool, which is a constant-feed drill that measures resistance, was compared with the high-resolution SiviScan2 X-ray and image-analysis instrument for assessing wood density of Eucalyptus globulus subsp. pseudoglobulus. The IML-Resi successfully predicted average wood density but was less reliable for assessing changes in density within a single stem.
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