Paper by M. Ivkovic, W. J. Gapare, A. Albarquez, J. Ilic, M. B. Powell and H. X. Wu 'Prediction of wood stiffness, strength and shrinkage in juvenile wood of radiata pine', in Wood Science and Technology 43(3-4); 237-257 (2009)

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Regarding the above paper, I see it as an excellent, solid research contribution, but I must take issue on some points. The points centre on the concept of juvenile wood, and a citation of my own work on the topic (Burdon et al. 2004). In my paper, it is argued that a pith-to-bark progression in wood properties should be termed a corewood-outerwood progression, and that the concept of a juvenile to mature wood progression should properly be reserved for a progression up from the base of the stem. Since that paper is based on the rejection of widely used terminology for juvenile and mature wood, it had an obvious potential to be contentious.