-• The physical properties of wood and the associated variations within and between trees were evaluated by analysing 770 small specimens of clear wood from 11 Pinus sylvestris L. trees thinned from 3 plantations.• Within-tree variations in basic density or volumetric shrinkage increased with cambial age and decreased with increasing ring width. The effect of the height in the stem on wood properties was considered indirect and height was not included as an explanatory variable in the mixed models proposed to estimate basic density and volumetric shrinkage.• The models had random components for the intercept parameter and explained 52.5% of the total variance in basic density and 56% of the total variance in volumetric shrinkage. Linear shrinkage in the direction of the grain was extremely variable.• Between-tree variation and between-plot variation in the physical properties of wood were high, considering that all trees sampled were growing in similar sites and stands. It would then be desirable to predict physical properties of wood on living trees in order to use the quality of wood as a criterion for timber tree selection in thinnings. Scots pine / Pinus sylvestris / wood properties / thinning Résumé -Propriétés physiques du bois de pin sylvestre (Pinus sylvestris L.) issu d'éclaircie dans des plantations du nord de l'Espagne.• Les propriétés physiques du bois et leurs variations intra et inter arbres ont été évaluées à partir de l'analyse de 770 éprouvettes de bois sans noeuds de 11 arbres d'éclaircie répartis sur 3 sites.• La densité et le retrait volumétrique augmentaient dans chaque arbre avec l'âge du cambium et diminuaient avec la largeur de cerne. On a considéré que la hauteur dans la tige n'avait qu'un effet indirect sur les propriétés du bois, aussi la hauteur a-t-elle été exclue des variables explicatives dans les modèles mixtes proposés pour estimer la densité et le retrait volumétrique.• Ces modèles présentent une composante aléatoire pour le terme constant et peuvent expliquer 52,5 % de la variabilité totale de la densité basique et 56 % de la variabilité totale du retrait volumétrique.• Le retrait longitudinal est extrêmement variable. La variation entre arbres et entre sites est très importante, compte tenu de la similarité des peuplements et sites étudiés.pin sylvestre / Pinus sylvestris / propriétés du bois / éclaircie
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